Two are jailed after assault at bus stop in city

A nephew and his drunken uncle beat a man unconscious and almost blinded him as he waited with his partner at a bus stop in Leeds city centre.

- by Nick Frame

Tazambil Ditta and Mohammed Yasin launched the unprovoked attack on The Headrow, then later claimed the victim and his girlfriend had directed racist slurs at them, allegations a judge at Leeds Crown Court rubbished.

The pair were found guilty of Section 18 GBH (with intent) after a trial and the pair were jailed this week for a combined total of more than 13 years.

The victim and his partner had been at a concert in the city centre on the evening of September 8 last year. They later bought a takeaway and sat at the bus stop waiting to go home in the early hours of the next morning.