Leanne Yates, 41, and Chloe Thompson, 27, have been jailed for a brutal attack on a 70-year-old man who was "doing no more than walking one of his dogs" in a Middlesbrough park.
Yates was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison, while Thompson was jailed for three years at Teesside Crown Court.
Attack in Ayresome Gardens
The court heard the pensioner was approached by the pair, who were part of a group, in Ayresome Gardens on the evening of March 9. He told them he had none and returned home with one of his dogs before going back to the park to walk his second dog.
The victim saw the group, which included another woman and a man, on the pathway and tried to move out of the way to let them pass, Teesside Live reports.
Violence captured on CCTV
Prosecutor Cainan Lonsdale said CCTV showed the man in the group "strike the pensioner to his face". The victim punched back, but the same man then "made another blow to his face", knocking him to the ground.
Mr Lonsdale said CCTV showed Thompson "dragging and pulling [the victim] from the grass area onto the pavement", while Yates was seen "stamping and kicking him".
The group searched the pensioner's pockets and took his satchel, but discarded it after finding it contained only a dog lead, dog poo bags, a hat and gloves. Mr Lonsdale said Yates then "stamped on [the victim] again".
Injuries and sentencing
The pensioner returned home and his partner helped him get to hospital. Photographs showed his right eye closed, bruising under his left eye and a large cut on his cheek. He said his "vision was affected" by the attack.
Both women were arrested and found to be carrying drugs. Yates, of no fixed address in Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a Class A drug. Thompson, of New Street, Thornaby, admitted attempted robbery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two counts of possession of a Class C drug and failing to surrender.
The court heard both women had experienced difficult backgrounds and substance misuse. Mitigating for Yates, Charlie Thompson said his client "has had a miserable life" and had suffered "dreadful abuse as a child and a teenager", which led her to substance misuse and sex work.
Judge Richard Wright said the offence was so serious that both women had to go to prison, but that the length of their sentences had been significantly reduced to reflect the mitigation in each case.
The judge said: "Each of you have had difficult lives and backgrounds, not of your making. Yates, you took the lead in kicking and stamping on him. Thompson, you dragged him about. This was a terrifying ordeal for him."
He added: "When you attack a 70-year-old man in the dark, who was doing no more than walking his dog, when you put him to the ground and kick and stamp on him - you go to prison."
