Antrim teenager, Jordan Duffy, left who was very close to death after a vicious sectarian assault in August 2011
Nathan Wilson was jailed
Colin Kingsbury in his regalia
Colin Kingsbury was jailed
MEET the loathsome sectarian thugs who tried to kick a defenceless teenage boy to death and his only crime was being Catholic.
Overweight balding brute Colin Kingsbury, a member of the Orange Order, and his bloodthirsty sidekick Nathan Wilson, were today sent down for a combined total of 28 years the for disgusting, brutal and totally unprovoked attack on 17-year-old Jordan Duffy.
The Antrim pair were led away to the cells after Justice Alistair Devlin jailed the pair for a combined total of 28 years on counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent.
Nathan Wilson,22, from Birch Hill Meadows was jailed for a total of 15 years but will serve seven and a half with the remainder on supervised licence.
Colin Kingsbury,24, from Carntall Gardens was sentenced to a total of 13 and a half years. Kingsbury will spend six years and nine months in prison before also being released on licence.
A third man, Kyle Taggart was acquitted on both charges.
During the tortuous three week trial the court heard horrific details of the sickening attack which left University student Jordan clinging to life.
Dignified and courageous to the end, Jordan Duffy took the stand and gave evidence against the jobless thugs who kicked him into a coma and shattered six bones in his face.
High on drink and drunk on sectarian hate Nathan Wilson and Kingsbury admitted under oath kicking Duffy repeatedly in the face and head as he lay on the ground.
Described by his own defence Counsel as ‘a thug, ‘a brute’, and ‘not the sharpest tool in the box’, Kingsbury also admitted stamping on young Jordan’s face and then punching and kicking his young friend who tried to come to his aid.
Cowardly thug Kingsbury also admitted destroying his bloodied clothes and shoes after the attack.
In the end their only defence was to claim they only intended to hurt Jordan Duffy – not kill him.
So horrific were Jordan’s injuries his septum was completely detached from his face and protruded down through his nostril.
The court heard he arrived in casualty ‘deeply and dangerously unconscious’ with an oxygen level so low he was barely alive.
The attack happened in the early hours of August 5, 2011, on the Station Road in Antrim after Jordan and three friends were dropped in the ‘wrong’ estate following a night out.
Jordan Duffy and his friends had been socialising in Dorman’s night-club in Magherafelt in the hours before the attack.
As the teenagers made their way down Station Road in their home town of Antrim in the direction of Tesco Shopping Centre they encountered Taggart, Kingsbury and Wilson coming the opposite way.
The court heard that as the two groups passed each other Taggart and Kingsbury greeted the teens and continued
walking up Station Road.
As Nathan Wilson, who was walking approximately 15 feet behind his two friends, passed the youngsters he asked them where they had been that night.
When one disclosed they had been in Dorman’s of Magherafelt, Wilson, recognising the venue as one frequented by Catholics began to hurl sectarian abuse at the boys.
“You shouldn’t be here. Fenians shouldn’t be here,” Wilson ranted
The teens ignored Wilson and continued walking in the opposite direction.
Wilson then joined his friends at the top of the hill and was observed emptying his pockets on the pavement while shouting
“They are not getting away with that,” before running back down the hill towards the teens shouting: “I will beat the f**k out of all four of you” and “You better keep on running”.
Sean Caldwell, a friend of Jordan Duffy, described seeing his friend being punched to the ground before being set upon.
The court heard initially Jordan used his arms to cover his head but as the assault escalated his arms slumped
beside him but his attackers continued to kick his unprotected face.
The court also heard of a text message sent by Nathan Wilson to Kyle Taggart at 10.07am the morning after the attack
which read.
“If anyone asks we went to Tesco to get our stuff and went home. We only ran because we thought we were
being chased. Delete this when you get it.”
During the trial co-accused Kyle Taggart admitted he initially lied to police during interviews in a bid to cover for
his two friends.
Eventually, however, Taggart told the jury he witnessed Kingsbury and Wilson launch a vicious ‘unprovoked’ attack on
Jordan Duffy.
He agreed with prosecution counsel Richard Weir QC that Duffy and his friends were ‘completely non-aggressive and harmless.’
He repeatedly told the jury he was not part of the attack on Duffy and ran after his friends when he saw them both kick the teen in the head.
“They started kicking Jordan and I started running,” he said.
Taggart claimed he grabbed his two friends ‘by the scruff’ and dragged them away from the unconscious, blood-covered teenager and directed them back up the hill.
In his own evidence Wilson said he did intend to hurt Jordan but only give him ‘a few bruises, maybe a broken nose’.
The Sunday World can reveal that street violence is nothing new to Nathan Wilson who boasts of his love of recreational violence on his social networking page.
One extract reads: “Well wat can I say, i like a drink with the lads nd (sic)the odd girl more times than not end up in a scrap but sure all part of growin (sic)up.
“People in this town think they know me maybe from years ago or maybe even now, most likely they know f**k all and talk aload (sic) of sh*te which seems to happen everywere you go in Antrim.”
. Welcoming the sentences handed down by Mr Justice Devlin, Det Con Natalie Moore said: "The prison terms given to each of the defendants reflects the serious and callous nature of the crime.
"Jordan was subjected to an unprovoked sectarian attack that left him with life-threatening injuries," she said.
"It is a testament to his bravery and strength of character that he fought back from those injuries and is now just finishing his first year at university, making a positive contribution to his community and wider society."I know Jordan's parents Roisin and Peter are extremely proud of the way he has dealt with this horrific ordeal and they are grateful for all of the support they have received throughout the past 22 months."
D District Crime Manager Det Chief Insp Colin Gillis added: "The length of the sentences imposed on the two perpetrators of this crime demonstrates just how seriously both sectarian and alcohol-fuelled violence are viewed by the criminal justice system."Frequently we see violence on the streets as an after-effect of alcohol consumption and all too often that violence can result in critical injury or even death."The defendants in this case claimed that their intoxication was a factor in the assault however the guilty verdicts and sentences handed down serve as a warning to all - being drunk is no defence."