THE two men responsible for a sickening incident in which they repeatedly punched, kicked and stamped upon another man wept when they were jailed on Friday. Paul Maxwell, 24, of Kinmel Bay, and Adam Hill, 22, of Rhyl, were each sent to prison for six months for what a judge called a determined, cowardly, ruthless and callous attack. They both sat in the dock and cried when the sentences were passed. The judge at Mold Crown Court, Mr Recorder Paul Thomas QC, told them what had been captured on the CCTV film in broad daylight in a Rhyl street in February of this year would “shock and disgust” anyone who saw it. They got victim Andrew Tonks to the floor and launched a vicious series of punches, kicks and stamps. The judge said the attack had been “gratuitous and prolonged” and of an extreme nature, and he warned the defendants: “People have died, they have been killed, in assaults less ferocious.” He took into accounts their guilty plea and remorse, and the fact it was accepted by the prosecution that Mr Tonks, who refused to make a complaint, had provoked them. But their response had been “wholly and utterly wrong”. The court heard how Maxwell of Chester Avenue in Kinmel Bay, and Hill of Trellewelyn Road in Rhyl, had been in a pub with Hill’s sister. It was alleged Tonks had been harassing her and had also allegedly been issuing threats to “get” the defendants. They left the pub but later saw Tonks in Crescent Road where the attack took place. They were all drunk and at one stage both were on top of the victim, who was not doing anything at all and appeared motionless. Tonks had refused to make a complaint but police had seen bruising and swelling to his eyes and face. Simon Mintz, for Maxwell, said it was accepted it was a nasty incident but said that the victim was not blameless, and claimed that harassment and threats had been made by him. Tony Rose, for Hill, said there had been a high degree of provocation with a series of phone calls made by Tonks that day. Everyone had too much to drink, they came across Tonks by accident and it all got out of hand, resulting in a nastyincident. The court heard Hill had no previous convictions and Maxwell had no convictions for violence. | 
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