Attacker jailed for stomping on man's head

WHEN his drinking partner became offensive and challenged him to fight, a Stanthorpe man dragged him down concrete stairs by his feet and stomped on his head.

WHEN his drinking partner became offensive and challenged him to fight, a Stanthorpe man dragged him down concrete stairs by his feet and stomped on his head.

Daniel Ian Peter Holmes-Banks fronted the Stanthorpe District Court on Monday, where he pleaded guilty to one count of assault occasioning bodily harm.

The court heard the victim was left with a multiple facial fractures following the vicious assault.

Crown prosecutor Jodie Wooldridge told the court 29-year-old Homes-Banks and the victim had been drinking at the home of a mutual friend on July 7 last year and both were very intoxicated.

Ms Wooldridge said the victim was asked to leave the home after he began to bother others at the property.

As he got up to leave, the victim started to "shape-up" to Holmes-Banks and challenged him to fight.

The court heard Holmes-Banks accepted and dragged the man down the stairs and delivered repeated blows to his face, which continued even after the man was no longer able to defend himself.

The victim told police the last thing he remembers from the attack was Holmes banks stomping on his head.

Ms Wooldridge told the court this was not an isolated incident for Holmes-Banks, who repeatedly punched both a woman who was on her hen's night and the woman's sister back in 2009.

Neither was known to him at the time of the assault.

Barrister Robbie Davies told the court the victim had since acknowledged some responsibility for the attack and did not hold any resentment toward Holmes-Banks.

The 29-year-old was this week jailed for 15 months, but will be released on parole after serving four months.

Before being whisked off to jail, Holmes-Banks was granted a few minutes to say goodbye to his girlfriend and grandfather, both of whom had supported him in court.