Gang viciously beat man with hammers and baseball bats in 'revenge' attack

A group of men have been jailed for launching a savage attack on a man which saw him battered with weapons including a baseball bat, metal bars and a bar stool.



The thugs subjected Darren Moore to a vicious attack - beating him so badly with a bat that it broke in half.



The brutal gang were today sentenced to a total of 23 years - which each being told they will serve half in jail and half on licence.



CCTV of the incident shows a group of seven men walking into a bar in Doagh last year, where Darren, who was left with serious injuries, was sat at at at a table with another man.



They are then seen launching the attack which also saw Darren hit in the head with a claw hammer, reports Belfast Live.



Joshua Wylie, 20, from Ballymen, Northern Ireland, received a seven-year sentence after he hit Moore so hard with a baseball bat that in broke in two during the attack in a bar in Doagh last year.



David Rush, 36, from Newtownabbey, was handed a six=year sentence while Robert Campbell, 33, from Ballyclare, received a five and a half year sentence.