Drugged-up Doncaster thug bit his grandfather’s nose and beat him with a bat

Taylor bit his grandfather on the nose, and told him: “If I have to come back I will bite it off.”

He kicked him twice and accused him of stealing his gold.

“This was a figment of the defendant’s imagination,” prosecutor Andrew Smith told Sheffield Crown Court, on Thursday.

The defendant’s uncle was in the kitchen at the time and witnessed Taylor “repeatedly attacking” his grandfather, who was on the floor and pleading with him to stop.

Outside, Taylor, aged 35, began crying for what he had done, Mr Smith added.

Taylor’s grandfather was treated for multiple injuries “all over the body” at hospital.

He said he knew the defendant was on drugs and told police: “I just feel sorry for him and I don’t bear him any malice.”

The court also heard that two days earlier Taylor had smashed glass in the front door and threw two pint pots at his grandfather, before picking up his medicinal mask and hitting him with it.

He was found in Doncaster town centre with a knuckleduster, on Feburary 5, and told police he bought it for £5 and intended to take it home and frame it.

“The prosecution say it was plain he had it to use, if the occasion arose,” Mr Smith said.

Taylor also caused £65 of damage to a cell door after his arrest.

Edward Moss, mitigating, said: "He has been diagnosed with some form of psychosis. He is thoroughly ashamed of what he has done.

"He is alcohol and drug-free. He is medicated properly. He knows he faces a lengthy custodial sentence. He has the promise of an apprenticeship as a painter and decorator.”

Taylor, 35, of Chequer Avenue, Doncaster, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.

Judge Peter Kelson QC sentenced Taylor to one year in prison and imposed a restraining order, banning him from contacting his grandfather, for five years.

"That can be re-visited if things between you and your grandfather progress," the judge said.

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