Brothers Dillon Kilpatrick and Tallen Kilpatrick jailed for causing harm with intent and theft

Two brothers have been jailed for a terrifying home invasion in which a man was brutally bashed with a shovel and attacked with an ice pick over a drug debt.

Two brothers have been jailed after they brutally attacked a man with a shovel and ice pick, before stealing a motorbike.

 

Tallen ‘Red Dog’ Kilpatrick and Dillon Kilpatrick changed the lives of another set of siblings, victims Philip and Brenton How, with their vicious joint enterprise.

Philip was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with injuries including a broken jaw following the attack – which occurred on March 21, 2020 in Whyalla Norrie.

Brenton had his motorbike, valued at $2000, stolen by the brothers.

Victim impact statements were read to the District Court in April.

Tallen Kilpatrick was found guilty of assault and theft. Photo: Facebook

He was jailed for over four years earlier this month. Photo: Facebook

Philip said he needed two surgeries and months in recovery after the assault and had to live in a small town where the defendants were also living.

“You show no guilt or remorse for your actions … no care but for yourself,” he said.

Brenton said he was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and now sees the world as a more dangerous place.

“I have recurring dreams about the assault on my brother and wake up screaming,” he said.

“I worry about when they get out of prison and whether they will seek revenge.”

During the brothers’ trial, Philip said he was woken by Brenton who alerted him Dillon was at their door.

The court heard after a verbal disagreement Philip was chased into his backyard by the Kilpatrick brothers and another man.

“An ice pick was thrown at the back of my head, I ducked and it missed, then I was hit in the back of the head by a shovel,” Philip said.

“Then I was grabbed in a headlock by Dillon who strangled me and dragged me across the (backyard) sandpit area.”

Tallen also assaulted Philip and Brenton’s mother, Kerrie Shaddock, following the incident after she went to his house to square a $200 debt that Philip owed.

The court heard that for a year leading up to the backyard assault, Philip regularly purchased around $1000 of meth a fortnight from Tallen.

The Kilpatrick brothers’ lawyers offered ulterior motives for the incident including a hotel car park burnout that Philip allegedly performed near Tallen’s girlfriend.

A jury found the Kilpatrick brothers guilty of all charges – causing harm with intent, theft and assault over the incident.

Stacey Carter, for Dillon, previously told the court her client's partner was due to give birth to their second child in October and had been heavily involved in the community soccer club.

The court heard Tallen was attempting to rehabilitate from his drug use and had work available to him at a crane hire company.

Earlier this month, Judge Paul Cuthbertson sentenced Tallen to four years and nine months jail, with a non-parole period of two years and ten months.

The sentence was backdated to November 23.

Dillon was sentenced to five years jail, with a non-parole period of three years, which was backdated to March 2.