Two Liverpool men who attacked a pensioner with a hammer, sickle and a knife have been jailed for a total of 26 years.
Paul Dunn and Anthony Graham launched the attack after a man in his 70s asked them to leave land they were trespassing on.
He had gone to the field off Ox Lane in Tarbock Green to investigate a report that men were hunting with dogs.
However when he approached the men he was abused and walked off.
Graham then drove a Citroen Picasso at speed towards another man, in his 50s, who had also approached them before the two men got out of the car and attacked him with a sickle, a hammer, and a garden spade,
The man suffered head injuries and a broken forearm.
Police arrived at the scene at around 7.20am on July 26 last year and arrested Graham and Dunn. Today they were both jailed during at hearing at Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
Graham, 53, of West Derby Road, Tuebrook, was jailed for 12 years and Dunn, 33, of Andover Way, Halewood was jailed for 14 years.
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Detective Constable Roy Bromilow said to the ECHO : "This was a sickening attack on a man who had simply asked the offenders to leave private property, where they had absolutely no right to be.
“They chose to very quickly escalate the argument to the point where they used serious violence, with dangerous weapons, and left the victim with very serious injuries.
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“It is right that this shocking display of violence has been punished in the courts, and that these dangerous men have been taken off the streets.
"I hope they use the time in custody to reflect on their behaviour, and the significant impact it has had on their victim.”
*A previous version of this story, based on information from Merseyside Police, stated the man in his 70s had been attacked. After further information was provided by police this story was updated to reflect their clarification that it was in fact the man in his 50s who was injured.
