Overview

• On July 8 Judge Dean Kershaw at Birmingham Crown Court sentenced five defendants for kidnapping, robbery and unlawful wounding.
• Daniel Aston received five years and eight months in prison; Steven Baker and his son Matthew Baker were each jailed for three years and nine months.
• Shannon Wolleter was handed two years and ten months; David Bambrough received a six-month suspended sentence for his limited involvement.
• Prosecutors said the group lured Anthony Cooper with a honeytrap scheme motivated by a £150 debt and jealousy over his relationship.
• During the four-hour ordeal the attackers shared images of the brutal assault and left Cooper with multiple injuries, including a 15 cm-long head cut exposing his skull.