THREE “feral” sisters left a stranger blind after kicking and punching her in a savage unprovoked attack.
Toni Lee Patterson, 32, Ellie Patterson, 20, Abbie Patterson, 19, were out in Scarborough when they randomly ambushed the woman.
Abbie Patterson helped her sister attack a random womanFacebook
FacebookEllie Patterson was the first to ambush the woman[/caption]
FacebookSister Toni Patterson then joined in the brutal assault[/caption]
The victim, aged in her 50s, had left a nearby takeaway when the sisters started attacking her in the street.
Along with their friend Tonia Louise Stott, 35, the thugs punched and kicked the woman until she lost consciousness.
Even while she lay knocked out on the ground, the gang continued to attack her.
All four pleaded guilty to affray, with Toni and Ellie Patterson also admitting wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
York Crown Court heard the victim had been on a night out in October 2023 when the horror unfolded.
The sisters and Stott were earlier refused entry to a nearby bar and were abusive towards the doorman.
As they walked away, they stumbled across the woman, who they had no connection to, and launched into the brutal assault.
Ellie Patterson struck first – punching the victim in the face and dragging her across the pavement by her hair.
Her sister Toni Patterson then joined in, followed by Ellie Patterson, who kicked the victim in the back as she lay unable to move in the road.
Toni Patterson brutally stamped on the woman’s head twice before kicking her in the face as Abbie Patterson joined in.
Passers-by attempted to protect the woman but the elder Patterson just pushed through them and continued kicking her.
At one point, the victim managed to lift her dazed head but was just kicked full-on in the face by the thug.
Stott shoved the gathered crowd out of the way and also attacked the victim before lashing out at door staff who tried to intervene.
The woman was rushed to hospital for a facial fracture and bleed on her brain.
She was already blind in her left eye but the attack has also left her partially sighted in her right eye.
Toni Patterson was jailed for eight years, while sister Ellie sentenced to seven years and three months in a Young Offenders Institute.
Abbie received a suspended sentence, while Stott was jailed for one year.
Investigating officer, Police Staff Investigator Paul Thompson, of Scarborough CID, said: “This shocking and unprovoked attack has changed the victim’s life forever, not only has she lost most of her sight, she has to rely on her family to do the most simplest of tasks.
“The four defendants had the audacity to claim it was out of character because they were drunk. There is simply no excuse whatsoever for what they did and the very least they could do was to plead guilty to this disgusting act of unprovoked violence.
“In a statement read out at court the victim said that she daily grieves for the ‘old me’ that she will never see again and that she doesn’t know what the future holds for her and misses being able to do the basic things she once took for granted.
“I applaud her bravery. She must now face the future almost blind, not to mention the psychological trauma she has endured through no fault of her own.
“But she has the support of those around her and I’m sure she will succeed, despite the ordeal that she has gone through.
“The four women are now rightly facing the consequences of their behaviour.”
North Yorkshire PoliceThe sisters’ friends Tania Stott joined in the attack[/caption]
Abbie Patterson pleaded guilty to affrayFacebook
She was handed a suspended sentenceNorth Yorkshire Police
Ellie Patterson was locked up for seven years and three monthsNorth Yorkshire Police
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