James Robert Derrett, 43, appeared within the Dunedin District Courtroom yesterday after earlier pleading responsible to wounding with reckless disregard.
The courtroom heard that on June 27, the defendant and his brother have been strolling dwelling once they obtained into an argument about neither of them having any hashish.
The pair grappled and the sufferer was dragged to the bottom by Derrett, who then sat on prime of the person and delivered not less than 20 punches to his head.
The sufferer fainted whereas speaking to police and was bleeding from his ears and head after the assault.
He nonetheless felt the results of the offending daily, and struggled with the emotional and psychological impacts, he mentioned.
He suffered a major concussion and required shoulder surgical procedure, which affected his capacity to work.
A psychological evaluation discovered Derrett was ‘‘disinhibited attributable to psychotic signs’’ on the time.
Choose Emma Parsons accepted the defendant had a ‘‘sophisticated psychological well being historical past’’, which contributed to the assault.
The choose sentenced Derrett to a few months’ group detention, with a 7pm-7am curfew.
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