The victim of a brutal assault missed the chance to see his mum for the final time because of his injuries.
Peter Gibbons was kicked, punched and bitten by Paul Maylor in a prolonged attack at the flat of a mutual friend in Knotty Ash in January 2020. Maylor was jailed for just under 14-and-a-half years earlier this week for the attack on Mr Gibbons as well as a separate assault on his nephew, both of which left each victim facing life-changing injuries.
Mr Gibbons was attacked after Maylor, drunk and high on cocaine, accused him of stealing money. He was savagely beaten for around 10 minutes, leaving him with broken ribs and vertebrae, a damaged spleen and two collapsed lungs. Damage to his left eye meant he eventually lost sight in it.
