Advertisement Four men sentenced to four years for Brockton blowtorch torture case By Marc Larocque, The Enterprise Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Four men were each sentenced to four years in prison on Monday after pleading guilty to participating in a vicious group attack, involving a victim who was tortured with a blowtorch in Brockton in 2011, The Enterprise reported."The victim was strangled, his wrists and legs were duct taped and he was burned on his back with a blow torch," according to a statement from the office of Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. "During the attack, the men threatened the victim that if they went to jail, they would harm the man’s daughters."Filomeno Monteiro, 26, of Brockton, Manuel Monteiro, 28, of Brockton, Michael Pires, 27, of Rockland, and Jason Ribeiro, 27, of Brockton, each pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and also to one count of aggravated assault and battery and one count of witness intimidation.Brockton Superior Court Judge Cornelius Moriarty sentenced each to serve four years in state prison on those charges, to be followed by three years of probation for an additional kidnapping charge.The attack took place on Oct. 11, 2011, when the victim went to the apartment of a man who hired him to paint, looking to collect $300 that was owed. When he got there, the victim was invited in, where he found seven men waiting for him, prosecutors said. The victim was then “badly beat” and burned with a blowtorch, the prosecutors said."The victim was blindsided and beaten by the men inside the apartment, with fists and a shot foot," prosecutors said. "At times, several males were involved in the attack."Two other defendants in the case include the man that hired the victim to paint, Nuno Alves, 36, and Filemino Monteiro, 26, both of Brockton, the district attorney's office said. They are both scheduled to appear next in court on June 6.In addition to their sentences for the blowtorch attack, Manuel Monteiro and Ribeiro were also sentenced concurrently to serve two years for possession of ammunition.Get the WCVB News App