Jordan Baklas and Jonathan Lawrence plead guilty to bashing tradie Brock Prime on the M1 at Yatala

The men who bashed a tradie on the side of the M1 have pleaded guilty to the assault with one saying he regretted his actions.

Brock Prime suffered a fractured skull and a broken leg when he was bashed on the side of the M1 in February 2018.

The men who bashed a tradie on the side of the M1 have pleaded guilty to the assault with one saying he regretted his actions.

Jordan Baklas, 29, told reporters outside Brisbane District Court on Tuesday that he regretted the events that unfolded at Yatala on February 24, 2018.

Jordan Baklas has pleaded guilty to the bashing of a tradie of the side of the M1 at Yatala in February 2018. Picture: John Gass

Tradie Brock Prime suffered a fractured skull and a broken leg when he was bashed by Baklas and Jonathan Christopher Lawrence, 28.

Baklas on Tuesday pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm.

Lawrence pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm.

Judge Michael Byrne adjourned the matter to May 14 when the pair are due to be sentenced.

Jonathan Christopher Lawrence, 28, has pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm.

Crown prosecutor Elizabeth Kelso said she consented to their bail being enlarged, given they had “stringent” conditions.

She said the prosecutors would not proceed on an indictment which charged a third man, Ryan Hallifax, with grievous bodily harm.

He was discharged.

Mr Hallifax told reporters outside court that he was relieved.