THREE young men have been jailed for more than a year for "an unprovoked, violent, vicious and sustained" attack on two teenagers during an alcohol-fuelled brawl south of Sydney.

District Court Judge Paul Conlon released CCTV of the attack, saying words alone could never adequately describe the "ferocious" nature of the attack.



The families of the three men, Dennis Rousianos, 20, Raed Kalal, 21, and Vivek Trivedi, 21, sobbed as the trio were jailed for at least 15 months.



But they were lucky not to get far longer terms, Judge Conlon saying it was only through "sheer good fortune" that the three offenders had not far more seriously injured or even killed their victims.



The court had heard the men approached two teenage victims while walking through Wollongong mall just after midnight on Saturday October 2, last year.



As depicted in the CCTV, there is a short verbal altercation and the victims walked away.



But within seconds, Rousianos grabbed one of the men – Jarrod Pill – and pushed him to the ground, prompting an all-in attack.



The trio simultaneously punched and kicked him, before Kalal issued a hit to the other man’s head from behind, knocking him unconscious.



The men continued to attack the other teen who lay on the on the ground, defenceless.



Amazingly, the injuries were not life-threatening but serious enough to require hospitalisation.



The pair sustained lacerations, bruises and swelling to their heads, one sustaining a deviated nasal septum that fortunately did not require surgery.



One had been felled by a "cowardly" king hit, he said.



The trio pleaded guilty to two counts each of actual bodily harm in company, while Mr Rousianos also pleaded guilty to stealing the wallet and phone of one of his victims.



Judge Conlon rejected claims by the men that they were too drunk to understand their actions.



"Each offender has attempted to blame, in part, intoxication," he said.



"However, the movement of all three offenders down the mall and throughout this attack simply does not convey the impression that they were affected to any significant degree by alcohol.



Each offender received the statutory discount for their early plea of guilty, but Judge Conlon said there was still no other alternative but full time custody.



"The courts get no pleasure in having to send young persons to prison," he said.



"However the message needs to be delivered in the clearest possible terms, that if you commit violent conduct of this type on innocent citizens, you should expect to go to jail.



"Those who offend cannot expect any leniency from the law."



They will each serve a non-parole sentence of 15 months jail, to expire in mid-late 2012, with an additional 15 months to be served on parole.

Originally published as Three jailed over alcohol-fuelled brawl