A man who battered a friend so badly he was left in a coma went on to cause a devastating head injury to his own nephew.
Paul Maylor was jailed yesterday for two separate attacks which saw him cause life changing injuries to his victims.
Having attacked his friend Peter Gibbons so viciously that Mr Gibbons jumped out a first floor window because he thought he may be killed, Maylor then attacked his own nephew while on bail.
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Mr Gibbons was attacked in early 2020 and was in intensive care for 17 days. He lost the sight in his left eye because of Maylor’s attack. Maylor was only interviewed months later and denied the offences.
Then, while on bail, he attacked nephew Thomas Maylor. Stella Hayden, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court Thomas Maylor struggled with alcoholism and had tried to go to stay with his uncle after an evening of drinking. When he couldn’t get into his home on Clapham Road he then damaged Maylor’s window and his car.
The next day, Maylor saw his nephew outside the Canon pub in Anfield and went to argue with him. The court heard Paul Maylor knew his nephew was particularly vulnerable to blows to the head, having had an operation following a previous assault eight years earlier that involved the removal of part of his skull.
Despite this, Paul Maylor punched Thomas in the face in the car park of the pub. Thomas Maylor fell backwards and hit his head, causing severe damage. He lost consciousness and was taken to hospital, with scans later revealing three bleeds on his brain.
Ms Hayden said Thomas Maylor’s mother now reported that her son spoke with a stammer after the incident that frequently made it difficult to understand him. Charles Lander, defending, said Maylor maintained he did not know about his nephew’s vulnerability but Judge Robert Trevor-Jones dismissed that allegation, saying it was inconceivable he wouldn’t have known about such a traumatic event happening to a close family member.
Maylor was jailed for 14 years and five months for both attacks.
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