THESE are the injuries a Cwmbran mother and her 20-year-old son suffered following an unprovoked attack, Cardiff Crown Court heard.

Alison Standing, 41 and her son Nicholas, now 22, of Coed Eva, were attacked while at a friend’s wedding at Trevethin and Penygarn Working Men’s Club on April 9 last year.

Justin Jenkins, 30 of Upland Drive, Trevethin, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Standing while Katie Bromley, 27, of Orchard Close, Trevethin, pleaded guilty to the common assault of Mrs Standing.

Both escaped being sent to prison.

Prosecuting, Janet McDonald said Mrs Standing and her son had both gone to the car park of the club for a cigarette at around 10.30pm.

Jenkins and Bromley were leaving the wedding at the same time when Jenkins started shouting names at Mrs Standing.

When Mr Standing defended his mother, this led to Jenkins grabbing him and headbutting him to the face.

Jenkins continued to attack Mr Standing who fell to the floor where Jenkins kicked him in the back of the head and brought his knee up to his face. The attack led to Mr Standing losing consciousness.

Meanwhile Bromley repeatedly struck Mrs Standing in the face until other members of the wedding party rescued the victims who they said put up no defence to the attack.

Mr Standing suffered two fractures to his jaw and a suspected fracture to his nose while Mrs Standing suffered bleeding and extensive bruising around her eye.

Defending for Jenkins, David Pannell said the defendant had made attempts to settle down since the incident while defending for Bromley, Lawrence Jones said she was of previously good character and this incident was the biggest regret of her life.

Recorder Robert Britton said: “This is an extremely serious matter.”

He sentenced Jenkins to 49 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and ordered him to do 120 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. Jenkins was also ordered to pay £300 compensation and £400 prosecution costs.

Bromley was sentenced to a community order of 60 hours unpaid work during the next 12 months and ordered to pay £80 compensation and £100 prosecution costs.

Incident was ‘terribly traumatic’ for family

Speaking after the sentencing, David Standing, husband of Mrs Standing and father of Nicholas Standing said the incident had been a "terribly traumatic experience" for the family and he believed the defendants deserved prison sentences.

He said: “My son could have been killed that night.

“It has left me in shock and confusion and it angers, upsets and scares me when I think what they went through.

“Me and my wife barely go out now and my son, who was just a normal, polite guy, left the Territorial Army after the attack because of the effect it had on his confidence.

“It has totally changed our outlook on life.”