A MOTHER-OF-SIX and her 21-year-old son have been jailed for a total of 12 years for a "sustained attack" on their former neighbours which left one with "life-changing injuries".

Samantha France, 42, and Jack Watson, 21, were sentenced to six years each for unlawfully and maliciously wounding Daniel Marley with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm at Bradford Crown Court yesterday.

France was also given an additional 12-month sentence, to run concurrently, for causing Mr Marley's wife, Anne-Marie Marley, actual bodily harm.

Both had been found guilty following a trial at the same court last month.

The judge, Recorder Peter Babb, told the court that the two defendants, both of Blackshaw Drive, Buttershaw, Bradford, had never had any problems with the Marleys before going round to a party at their home on the same street on April 26 last year.

A few hours later, after everyone had consumed varying amounts of alcohol, Watson was said to have accused Mr Marley of "disrespecting" his mother, before attacking him in his kitchen.

Recorder Babb said Watson punched Mr Marley in the side of the head, causing him to fall unconscious to the floor.

As Mrs Marley tried to come to his aid, France pushed her into the garden.

She managed to get back into the house and tried to intervene in the attack using a child's cricket bat, but France hit her and pushed her into a cupboard.

Watson was kicking Mr Marley as France stamped on his chest while he lay unconscious.

The Marleys - who have since moved address - had three young children in their home at the time of the attack, and Mrs Marley, now 39, was eventually able to call the police from her daughter's bedroom.

Mr Marley, now 42, suffered a fractured ankle, a laceration to his scalp, and bruising to his head and shoulder as a result of the attack, and was said to be "spitting blood into the sink" when police arrived.

Mrs Marley's injuries included a black eye, a lump on the head, and bruising.

Ken Green, mitigating for France, said she was "devastated" at the effects her actions had caused her family, saying she would have to live with the events of the evening for the rest of her life.

Mark Brookes, for Watson, described him as a young man with a "phenomenal work ethic" whose future had been "shattered" by the incident.

Sentencing the pair, Recorder Babb said: "This was a terrifying ordeal, in which Anne-Marie Marley thought her husband was being killed.

"It was a sustained and repeated assault on the same victim while he was unconscious on the floor.

"The attack has had an ongoing effect on the family, with the victim suffering physical after effects."

Watson was also sentenced to a further two months in prison for a separate offence of affray on May 16 last year - committed while on bail for the previous offence - after admitting throwing punches in a confrontation outside the Acapulco nightclub in Halifax.

Mr Marley's injuries have left him reliant on a walking stick and unable to work.

After the case, Acting Detective Inspector Rob Worley, of Bradford District CID, said: "This was a sickening and sustained assault which resulted in the male victim suffering life-changing injuries.

"We hope today's sentences will give both victims some comfort, and send out a message that such violent assaults will not be tolerated in the Bradford district."