A ‘DANGEROUS’ thug who left a trail of injured victims in a seven-month campaign of violence has been jailed for 28 months.

Drunken Benjamin Procter, 21, assaulted three people and with his brother, Elton, 18, was involved in a gang attack, which left a man with very serious injuries when his neck was ripped open with broken glass, Burnley Crown Court heard.

Judge Beverley Lunt ruled that Benjamin Procter was a dangerous offender, who posed a significant risk of serious harm.

The judge said she was ‘absolutely sure’ Procter, who carried on inflicting hurt after being bailed, was a risk and if he continued the same way, she was satisfied he would be given an indeterminate sentence.

She told him: “You need to put your life in order once you are released.”

The Procters, of Cherry Crescent, Oswaldtwistle, had admitted violent disorder, in 2009.

Elton Procter was spared immediate jail and received 32 weeks at a young offenders’ institution, suspended for a year, with 12 months’ supervision. Benjamin Procter also pleaded guilty to wounding and two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Simeon Evans, prosecuting, said in September 2009, Paul Alston had been out in Oswaldtwistle, when he was assaulted by youths and hit on the back of the head, possibly with a broken bottle.

He was also punched in the face. Benjamin Procter admitting hitting him.

Mr Alston, who was already suffering post-traumatic stress disorder from an unrelated incident, suffered a broken nose.

Both defendants were also involved in violence in the early hours of October 17.

Matthew Coleman decided to leave a party because he feared trouble, and decided he would ‘batter’ Benjamin Procter.

He walked towards him and was struck on the back of the neck with glass which was either broken or smashed when it hit him.

Mr Coleman was cut over his neck and ear, with muscle and artery damage. He was in hospital two days.

Daniel King, for Benjamin Procter, said alcohol appeared to have been a recurrent theme.