Two thugs launched a vicious attack on a recovering opioid addict in a Seaham street and left him with a fractured skull.
Peter Goggins, 37, and Thomas Ruane, 37, were both travelling in a car when they spotted the lone man - who was known to the pair - on July 1 2021. Wielding a crutch, Goggins then got out of the car and began to beat the man with such ferocity the crutch broke.
As the terrified victim cowered behind a wall, Ruane reversed the car into the brickwork, before getting out and joining in the attack whilst armed with a "hard object". The pair's attack left the man with a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.
