Doncaster men jailed for brutal attack on teenagers in warehouse

John Mahoney and his brother Robert Mahoney were both jailed for 13 years

BBC John and Robert Mahoney — John Mahoney and his brother Robert Mahoney were both jailed for 13 years

Four men who used bats and machetes in a brutal attack on two teenagers in an abandoned warehouse have been jailed.

John and Robert Mahoney, Kian Carte and Mark Siddall assaulted the boys, aged 15 and 16, in Askern, near Doncaster, on 11 April last year.

The balaclava-clad men "chopped and slashed" at the boys with the weapons, according to South Yorkshire Police.

One of the teenagers "pretended to be dead so they stopped attacking him", police said.

The 16-year-old boy was in so much pain and his head was bleeding so badly he "thought he was going to die", they added.

One of the attackers raised a machete to the boy's face and threatened to kill him and the boy told him to do it because of the extent of his injuries.

The teen was later taken to hospital and had surgery for significant injuries to his arms, face, back and head, police said.

He told officers he had "felt his soul leave his body".

Mark Siddall (left) and Kian Carte were also jailed for the brutal attack on the teenagers in Doncaster

Meanwhile, the 15-year-old was slashed and stabbed with a zombie knife before he "staggered to refuge" on Manor Road with serious injuries to his hand, back and head, police said.

At Sheffield Crown Court in August, the four men all admitted grievous bodily harm.

On Tuesday, at the same court, John Mahoney, 38, of Laurel Terrace, Robert Mahoney, 41, of Crossfield Lane, and Kian Carte, 22, of Laurel Terrace, all in Skellow, were each jailed for 13 years.

Mark Siddall, 39, of Acacia Road in Skellow, was jailed for 13 years and eight months after admitting an additional count of actual bodily harm following an attack on a man in Bridlington in 2022.

After the sentencing, Det Sgt Kath Coulter said: "This was an utterly abhorrent attack on two young boys who were left with severe injuries that will leave scars for the rest of their lives."

Det Sgt Coulter added that she hoped the sentences the four men had been given could "give some closure to the two victims of this awful assault as they try to rebuild their lives and fully recover from the mental and physical trauma inflicted".