Daniel Yates (left) and Nathan Smith (right) are accused of degrading attacks on Phillip Smith (Picture: SWNS)

Two brothers have appeared in court for allegedly putting two boiled eggs up a man’s backside shortly before he died.

Nathan Smith, 35, and Daniel Yates, 29, are accused of degrading their victim Phillip Coombs who had passed out after taking drugs.

They are also alleged to have shaved his hair, left eyebrow and pubic hair, and writing the words ‘gay boy’ on his forehead.

Despite the brothers calling an ambulance, Mr Coombs, 47, died shortly afterwards.


Smith and Yates, who are half brothers, both deny sexual assault by penetration and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Bristol Crown Court.

Prosecutor Sarah Regan said: ‘What they did that night went far beyond any drunken prank and was at a time when Phillip Coombs was unconscious, but more likely than that clearly suffering from the effects of a drug he had taken inside the flat.



‘Despite that neither Nathan Smith nor Daniel Yeates were helping Phillip Coombs but Nathan Smith was shaving Phillip’s head with a disposable razor.’

Following their arrest, a phone belonging to Smith was found to contain photos of a bald man with blue markings in his head and gaffer tape around his mouth.

That man was found to be Gary Jones, who confirmed the pictures were taken a year before and said it was the type of pranks his friends played.

The trial continues.