Two attackers, including a thug who terrorised an Oxford estate, have been put behind bars for brutally attacking a man who tried to stop them stealing his motorbike.

David Emeny suffered a fractured skull and serious stomach injuries in the unprovoked attack outside Cowley Road Methodist Church.

Henry Lenton, 19, of Malford Road, Barton, Oxford, and Andrew Puddephat, 21, of Leon Close, east Oxford, were convicted of causing grievous bodily harm against Mr Emeny.

At Oxford Crown Court on Friday, July 1, Lenton was jailed for three years and Puddephat for two years and eight months.

Lenton, who was given an antisocial behaviour order in March for threatening and intimidating people in the Barton area, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm after a trial in Oxford Crown Court on May 24. Puddephat pleaded guilty to a similar offence.

The court heard that Mr Emeny was taking part in a Tai Chi class in the church hall when he heard his motorbike being started outside at about 7pm on December 7 last year.

He went to investigate and was punched in the face by either Lenton or Puddephat. Hugh Williams, prosecuting, said Mr Emeny's memory of what happened next was blank, but three witnesses saw two men fitting the description of Lenton and Puddephat kicking Mr Emeny repeatedly in the head and stomach.

He needed hospital treatment for a fractured skull and serious stomach injuries.

Lenton has plagued Barton residents for some time and was given the Asbo after stealing vodka, kicking a policeman and smashing glass panels in the door of a house. The order banned him from threatening, intimidating and swearing at anyone in Barton, Sandhills, Risinghurst or Headington.

Just weeks later he breached the Asbo by entering Risinghurst post office, stealing cider and being abusive to shopkeeper Mahesh Ghandi, who recognised Lenton's face from a picture published in the Oxford Mail. He was jailed for three months.

The Oxford Mail has been unable to publish details of the breach until now.

Mr Ghandi said: "He came into my shop again, and used abusive language. He said police could do nothing about it. I feel better that he has been jailed, because it means there is a law and police can do something about it.

"I recognised him because his picture had been printed in the Oxford Mail. I think naming and shaming is a good idea."

On top of his 32-month sentence, Puddephat will also serve 67 days for a separate previous offence. The sentences will run con- secutively.