The family of a boy left brain damaged after a violent attack are "appalled" a member of the gang responsible has carried out another "heinous" assault.

German teenager Daniel Ezzedine was left severely disabled - unable to speak or read - after he was set upon by a group of teenage thugs in Canterbury in 2019.

Last week Charlie Golding - a member of the gang responsible, who escaped a custodial sentence following the devastating assault - was sentenced for another brawl in the city centre.

Judge Simon James also re-sentenced the 18-year-old for his part in the attack on Daniel, bringing the total length of his term to two years and eight months.

The Ezzedines have welcomed news he will be behind bars, saying: "The last thing we all want is a repetition of a case like Daniel’s".

Daniel's brother, Samer Ezzedine, said: “We are glad that, in contrast to 2019, this time no one was seriously injured.

“We are appalled that a member of the gang of 2019 has again participated in a similarly violent and heinous incident.

“We are sad to see that some people do not change and continue to lead a destructive lifestyle that is all about injuring other people.

“It is fair that Golding, because of his continued criminal behaviour, received a stronger sentence this time.

“Considering the horrors inflicted on Daniel by the gang in June 2019, it was the right decision that Golding was re-sentenced for Daniel’s case in addition to the sentence for the September 2021 case.

“The last thing we all want is a repetition of a case like Daniel’s, or even a worse incident.”

In June 2019 Daniel, then a 17-year-old on a post-exam trip to Canterbury, suffered life-threatening injuries after Golding and nine others hunted his group in Rose Lane, where he was hit with a bag likely filled with bricks and kicked in the head.

Daniel was given just a 30% chance of survival, and despite pulling through has been left severely disabled and needing 24/7 care from his family.

Last January, two of the gang members were put behind bars for inflicting the near-fatal blows while Golding, who was 15 at the time of the attack, escaped with a youth rehabilitation order and community service.

He was also banned from entering the city walls until his 18th birthday, on August 30.

Six other teenagers involved in the violence that led to the attack on Daniel were also spared immediate custodial sentences last year.

But last week, Canterbury Crown Court heard how Golding “fought like a wild animal” less than 48 hours after he was allowed back into Canterbury city centre.

He and eight youths brawled in front of shocked onlookers in the Fenwick department store on September 1 last year.

Golding led the charge and then attacked a rival with his belt as the fight spilled onto the street.

Prosecutor Alexa le Moine said “At approximately 3pm Stanislav Karlien was manning the CCTV of Fenwick, his attention being drawn to a group of young men on the shop floor - the group appeared to be arguing.

“As he entered [the shop floor] he saw the young men fighting like wild animals and ran towards them to stop the fight.

“The group were punching each other.”

Ms le Moine added both groups quickly dispersed, “fighting as they did so,” before Golding’s violence intensified outside.

“The defendant was seen to take his belt off and hit someone,” Miss le Moine said.

Judge Simon James, who also presided over the hearings regarding the attack on Daniel Ezzedine, told Golding: “On June 6, 2019, you played a prominent part in a violent disorder that brought shame on the city.

“Just two days after you had turned 18 you and a large group of youths were involved in a further violent disorder.

“Again, you played a prominent part.

“You led the charge of a group of hooded youths, many of whom were armed.

“You are a thug who gives no thought but to anyone other than yourself.”

The judge re-sentenced Golding to one year in a young offenders' institute for the violent disorder in 2019.

The term will run consecutively with a further 20 months for the latest offence, bringing the length of the sentence to two years and eight months.

Golding, of Kemsing Gardens, Canterbury, pleaded guilty to violent disorder at the first opportunity and is working to address mental health issues, his barrister Kieran Brand said.

He added Golding’s punch, delivered with a belt wrapped around his fist, landed on his rival’s shoulder and the violence was “over quite quickly”.

Mr Brand also revealed the five months Golding has spent on remand have been quite the wake-up call for him.

“It has scared the living daylights out of him, and he has no desire to live the life he was living before his incarceration,” he said.

“It has made him realise there are people bigger and badder than he.”

Golding has eight previous convictions for 22 offences, including those against Daniel Ezzedine, violent disorder and possession of a blade in a public place.

Commenting on the sentencing, PC Georgia England, Kent Police's investigating officer for the latest offence, said: "There is absolutely no place for this kind of mindless violence in Canterbury, or anywhere else in Kent.

"Kent Police takes assaults and anti-social behaviour very seriously and will always work to bring those responsible before the courts.

"I am pleased this violent offender has now been jailed and is no longer able to bring such shameful scenes to the streets of the city."