FOUR evil brutes have been jailed for life after butchering a dad-of-four in a machete attack in the street.
Sajed Choudry, 42, died after his ears were sliced off with the blade in a mass brawl between warring families.
He died after spending two weeks in a coma after the "vicious, terrifying and sustained attack" on November, 27 last year.
Mr Choudry suffered horrific injuries, including slash wounds to his ears which had to be re-attached, using a skin graft from his legs.
During a trial, jurors heard Mr Choudry had been rowing with the Ali family for several months before the feud escalated to violence near his home in Blackburn, Lancs.
At Preston Crown Court today, judge Mr Justice Dove sentenced Sadaqat Ali, 36, his brother Rafaqat Ali, 38, their father-in-law Fazal Ilahi, 63, and another man, Syed Ali Akbar, 45, to life terms.
CALLOUS VIOLENCE
He said: "Anyone who has observed the evidence in this trial as it has unfolded will have been astonished and horrified to learn how a respectable family, leading a constructive and responsible life in the community, allowed itself to so rapidly descend into callous violence and murder, killing one of their neighbours and seriously injuring his son."
The court heard the Ali family had been involved in a feud with Mr Choudry's family since May 2018 and, on the evening of the attack, Sadaqat Ali had initially armed himself with a machete and tried to confront Mr Choudry's son, Ahsan, 24.
He then went to Ilahi's home, where the men armed themselves with an axe and sticks.
Rafaqat Ali, Akbar and a boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also joined them for a confrontation with the Choudry in Blackburn, Lancs.
Mr Justice Dove said: "Sajed Choudry and Ahsan Choudry were completely outnumbered by Ali's group and they were subjected to a vicious, terrifying and sustained attack.
"Sajed Choudry was slashed and chopped by the machete."
The court heard Ahsan Choudry tried to escape but was chased and suffered an "appalling injury" to his hand as he tried to fend off the knife.
Members of the Choudry family were in tears in the public gallery as the men were sentenced.
The judge told the defendants: "By your actions you have left a void in this family which will never be filled."
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