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| Teenagers filmed vicious assault | Teenagers filmed vicious assault |
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| Three teenagers who tortured a friend and filmed the attack on a mobile phone have been given custodial sentences. | Three teenagers who tortured a friend and filmed the attack on a mobile phone have been given custodial sentences. |
| The 16-year-old victim was stripped naked, whipped with electrical flex and burned with a lighter at a property in Cottingham near Hull on 1 July. | The 16-year-old victim was stripped naked, whipped with electrical flex and burned with a lighter at a property in Cottingham near Hull on 1 July. |
| He suffered hours of sadistic torture, prosecutors told Hull Crown Court. | He suffered hours of sadistic torture, prosecutors told Hull Crown Court. |
| Samuel Herring, 19, was given three years in a young offenders institution. Nicholas Dalton and Luke Atkinson both 16, were each sentenced to 18 months. | Samuel Herring, 19, was given three years in a young offenders institution. Nicholas Dalton and Luke Atkinson both 16, were each sentenced to 18 months. |
| Shocking abuse | Shocking abuse |
| The two younger offenders will be held at a detention centre and are subject to training orders. | The two younger offenders will be held at a detention centre and are subject to training orders. |
| Herring, of Ramsden Place, Cottingham, Atkinson, of Woodland Drive, Anlaby and Dalton, of Meadowbank Road, west Hull, had all pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and false imprisonment. | Herring, of Ramsden Place, Cottingham, Atkinson, of Woodland Drive, Anlaby and Dalton, of Meadowbank Road, west Hull, had all pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and false imprisonment. |
| All three took drugs and drank alcohol before turning on their friend at the home of Dalton's father, prosecutor Stephen Welch said. | All three took drugs and drank alcohol before turning on their friend at the home of Dalton's father, prosecutor Stephen Welch said. |
| The court heard that the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a shocking catalogue of abuse after being trapped in a room by the three attackers. | The court heard that the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a shocking catalogue of abuse after being trapped in a room by the three attackers. |
| Laughing assailant | Laughing assailant |
| He was urinated on, beaten with a stick and a metal object, had his eyebrows shaved off and beer and nail varnish were poured into his wounds. | He was urinated on, beaten with a stick and a metal object, had his eyebrows shaved off and beer and nail varnish were poured into his wounds. |
| His ordeal had left him with permanent scarring and he may need skin grafts, the court was told. | His ordeal had left him with permanent scarring and he may need skin grafts, the court was told. |
| Prosecutors said Herring was the ringleader who committed most of the physical assaults with the help of Atkinson, while Dalton filmed what they were doing on a mobile phone. | Prosecutors said Herring was the ringleader who committed most of the physical assaults with the help of Atkinson, while Dalton filmed what they were doing on a mobile phone. |
| The film, in which Dalton is seen laughing into the camera, was later distributed among other people. | The film, in which Dalton is seen laughing into the camera, was later distributed among other people. |
| Defence lawyers said the attack was a case of teenage bravado that had got out of control. | Defence lawyers said the attack was a case of teenage bravado that had got out of control. |