Gang beat man after he refused to lend cash to pay woman's drug debt

THE VICTIM'S GRANDMOTHER AND HIS UNCLE WERE ALSO ATTACKED

- By MARK NAYLOR

A TERRIFIED man was viciously attacked by a violent gang inside his own home in a vigilante-style revenge beating after he refused to loan a woman some money so that she could repay a drug debt.

The angry intruders forced their way into the premises and demanded that he hand over cash. They also attacked his uncle and his grandmother when they tried to help him during the frightening confrontation, Hull Crown Court heard.

Joseph Larkin, 24, of Victor Street, off Holderness Road, east Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted robbery of the main victim, assaulting the uncle, causing actual bodily harm, and assaulting the grandmother on April 5.

Mollie Briggs, prosecuting, said that a man received a telephone call from a woman asking her to loan her some money to repay a drug debt.

She told him that there would be repercussions if this did not happen but he said that he had no money to loan her. She was not happy with that and said that she needed money.