A TEENAGER was jailed yesterday for stamping on an asylum seeker's head after he exposed her friend's breasts in a crowded bar.
Louise Dobbs, 18, left Kosovan Gazim Harexhim brain-damaged and with a violent personality change, said prosecutor Shaun Dodds.
Last month, Dobbs changed her plea to guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent after Laura Allport, 17, described how the attack started after Mr Harexhim, 30, pulled her top down as she enjoyed a student night with friends.
There were scuffles between local youths and a group of Kosovans, which spilled on to the street outside The Royal Exchange bar, in Middlesbrough.
Harexhim was felled with a punch by Lee Dawson, 18, who was yesterday ordered to do 120 hours community punishment. He admitted affray.
Ms Allport told Teesside Crown Court that Mr Harexhim went to hit Dawson, but was floored by a punch.
She said: "The Kosovan tried to get back up and Louise Dobbs stamped on his head a few times. Blood started pouring from his head.
"I went over and I told her to stop. He was not moving, and I said I thought he was dead."
The court heard how Dobbs later bragged, asking: "Was it nicely done?"
Harexhim will never be fit enough to give evidence or recover fully, said Home Office pathologist Doctor Hugh Sunter.
Dobbs, a tele canvasser, of Birch Tree Close, Spencerbeck, Middlesbrough, was sent to a young offenders' institution for 30 months for the attack on November 20.
Robert Galley, defending, said she was devastated by the effect on Harexhim.
Judge Peter Armstrong said: "I accept there was an element of provocation.
"Despite that provocation, the use of violence is still unlawful".
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