A dad was attacked with an axe, hammer and breaker bar after three men stormed his home over a £1,000 drug debt. The "merciless" and "brutal" assault had such a devastating impact that the victim said it "ruined his life", Teesside Live reports.
Matthew Fender, 26, William Anderson, 31, and Adam Rooks, 27, have now been jailed for a total of 28 years over the terrifying assault.
Teesside Crown Court heard how the trio were at the man's property in Eston for less than a minute, but that by the end, "there was blood everywhere".
They arrived at his home in Fender's car just after 6.20pm on August 9 last year. Fender - to whom he owed the debt - had texted him demanding the money, saying "keep on blanking me". "They got out, each one armed
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