A HOMOPHOBIC thug who launched a savage attack on a gay couple and smashed a man in the face with a pool ball so that he feared he was blind in one eye is now behind bars. Brandon Taylor is now serving an extended sentence after he was ruled to be a dangerous offender after a string of violent offences in Worcester and Malvern, including an attack which left a gay couple nursing broken bones in a trauma unit. The 19-year-old was handed a nine and a half year prison sentence at Worcester Crown Court on Friday after attacks which also included a street robbery, biting a man at McDonald’s in Worcester city centre and biting a city police officer.
ATTACK: Asfandyar Kiani (left) has already been jailed by Judge Nicolas Cartwright A HOMOPHOBIC thug who carried out an attack on a gay couple, one of them transgender, is due to be sentenced today with his accomplice already serving a long jail sentence. Brandon Taylor of Worcester is due to be sentenced for the attack which left both victims in a hospital trauma unit. The 19-year-old will appear before Judge Nicolas Cartwright at Worcester Crown Court today and also faces sentence for other matters of violence. Read about Worcester road rage attack His co-defendant Asfandyar Kiani, 21, also of Worcester was jailed for nine years for his role in the attack when he appeared before the same judge back in March.
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ABSENT: Afandyar Kiani. Photo: West Mercia Police A HOMOPHOBIC thug attacked a gay couple, one of them transgender, during a brutal group attack which left both victims in a hospital trauma unit and afraid to leave the safety of their homes. Asfandyar Kiani of Worcester was jailed for nine years at Worcester Crown Court on Friday following the horrific attack in which one half of the young couple suffered a broken jaw in three places and the other suffered a broken nose. Kiani, 21, of Ludstock Close showed no emotion when he was told he must serve at least two thirds of his nine year sentence behind bars.