Thug who knocked female Asda worker unconscious and broke her eye socket while dressed…

21 June 2023, 11:09

A violent thug who kicked and punched a female Asda worker unconscious while dressed as Spiderman has been despatched to jail for six and a half years.

Josh McDonald was the chief of a bunch of web pranksters who filmed their bullying antics on the grocery store in Clapham, south-west London, in July 2021.

The kickboxing trainer, 32, fractured the eye socket of Asda workers member Lauren Scott, in addition to knocking her out, while within the superhero outfit.

Others within the group included George O’Boyle, 30, who dressed up as Ali G while attacking a retailer supervisor and Sophie Roberts, 20, who joined the fray as Little Red Riding Hood.

O’Boyle was given two years and two months behind bars.

Rikki McKenzie, 36, pretended to be the character Andy from TV present Little Britain, who pretends to be disabled. Mark Pettigrew, 38, additionally took half within the melee.

McDonald filmed the entire assault for Instagram, and a big mob, a lot of whom have been in fancy costume, additionally confirmed up.

Footage reveals O’Boyle placing his fist shut as much as a frightened safety guard’s face, earlier than the group barges their means right into a retailer room often closed to the general public.

McDonald is seen repeatedly beating workers with a steel crutch till it bends, while O’Boyle punches the supervisor within the face.

Roberts hits Ms Scott within the face, who begins tussling with her – till McDonald comes over and assaults the Asda worker, kicking and ultimately punching her to the bottom.

Northampton man McDonald and south-west Londoner Boyle, each fathers of two, admitted assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and violent dysfunction forward of their sentencing.

McDonald additionally admitted wounding with intent in an unrelated incident through which his smashed a glass over a person’s head and lower him with a shard.

Roberts is to be sentenced for her position within the assault in July.

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McKenzie, additionally from Northampton, was given a suspended sentence for threatening behaviour after utilizing his wheelchair as a weapon.

Pettigrew was given a suspended sentence for public dysfunction.

McDonald’s defence lawyer Kerry Moore informed the courtroom in mitigation that the dysfunction was “an inconsiderate, juvenile, idiotic stunt, the aim to jokingly throw a party in the aisles that night”.

Jailing McDonald and O’Boyle, who had arrived at Asda in a stretch limousine, Judge Mark Bryant-Heron informed the kickboxer: “You completely lost control, and attacked a woman, a member of staff in her workplace, and hit her in the face and drop-kicked her to the floor as she retreated from you.”