A 79-year-old pensioner was told "he shouldn't be in this country" during a brutal hammer attack in his own home. John Gray was hit with the weapon and kicked and punched while on the ground, Teesside Crown Court heard.
He was also called a "foreign b******" during the savage assault, which left him with two haemorrhages to his brain and two rib fractures, Teesside Live reports.
Mr Gray had been at home on January 27 in Ormesby, Middlesbrough, when he heard the sound of smashed glass. He went to the door and saw Mark Lloyd and another male, who has not been identified, standing outside.
Jolyon Perks, prosecuting, said the pair wore crash helmets to hide their identity and threatened to kill Mr Gray unless he let them in.
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