Court urged to consider full jail sentence
Prosecutors say two Canberra men who viciously bashed and robbed a friend should be given a full time jail term.
In February Matthew James Hood, 20, and Matthew James Burge, 21, had been drinking heavily when they went to a friend's house to get more alcohol.
Initially they chatted with the victim but when an argument erupted the two men viciously kicked the victim in the head and torso.
Gruesome photographs tabled in the ACT Supreme Court today show the victim's injuries and the court heard he was later treated for a fractured eye socket and lacerated spleen.
The Crown argued that with a 25 year maximum jail sentence for aggravated robbery is the second most serious offence in the ACT behind murder.
The Crown asked for a full-time jail sentence for the two men, but the men's lawyers argued that a suspended sentence could be used instead of full time custody.
Justice Hilary Penfold has reserved her decision.