Daniel Borden, one of four men convicted of beating a black man at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.

In May, Borden entered a plea acknowledging there was enough evidence to convict him but he did not acknowledge guilt for taking part in the malicious wounding of DeAndre Harris at the “Unite the Right” rally. After a months-long postponement, he received a 20-year sentence earlier this week, with all but three years and 10 months of it suspended.

The 20-year-old was one of six men who surrounded and attacked Mr Harris, 20 at the time, in a parking garage on 12 August 2017, beating him with metal pipes and wooden boards. Mr Harris was left with a broken wrist and a head wound that required staples. The beating was captured in a video that spread widely on social media.

Two of the six men remain unidentified. Of the four who were arrested, Borden was the last man to be sentenced.

The three others — Jacob Scott Goodwin, Alex Michael Ramos, and Richard W Preston — were sentenced in August of last year. Goodwin, 24, was sentenced to serve eight years in prison; Ramos, 35, received a sentence of six years; and Preston, 53, who was described as a Ku Klux Klan leader, was sentenced to four years in prison for firing a gun at the rally.

Borden, who is white, was initially supposed to be sentenced in October 2018, but the judge rescheduled the sentencing for January after Borden declined to speak with probation officers and his lawyer, Michael J Hallahan II, asked to bring character witnesses to a sentencing hearing.

Mr Hallahan could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.

Television station WVIR reported Borden’s parents attended the sentencing. His father insisted his son was innocent and Borden’s mother asked the court to consider that Borden had learning issues.

Borden told the court he was remorseful and was not a bigot, and he apologised to Mr Harris and to the people of Charlottesville, WVIR said.

Charlottesville one year on Show all 15 1 /15 Charlottesville one year on Charlottesville one year on Mary Grace, from Durham, North Carolina, walks through the downtown mall area August 11, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville has been declared in a state of emergency by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as the city braces for the one year anniversary of the deadly clash between white supremacist forces and counter protesters over the potential removal of Confederate statues of Robert E. Lee and Jackson. A "Unite the Right" rally featuring some of the same groups is planned for tomorrow in Washington, DC. Getty Charlottesville one year on Chris Jessee (R) hands out placards to people visiting downtown Charlottesville as the city marks the anniversary of last year's 'Unite the Right rally' in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 11 August 2018. On 12 August 2017, a bloody clash between white supremacists and counterprotestors in Charlottesville left three people dead and dozens injured Getty Charlottesville one year on A member of the Virginia State Police waits outside the park where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is located August 11, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Charlottesville has been declared in a state of emergency by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam as the city braces for the one year anniversary of a deadly clash between white supremacist forces and counter protesters over the potential removal of Confederate statues of Robert E. Lee and Jackson. A "Unite the Right" rally featuring some of the same groups is planned for tomorrow in Washington, DC Reuters Charlottesville one year on A woman displays a shirt ahead of the one-year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018. Reuters Charlottesville one year on A sign reading "Strength, which was taken down at the request of police officers, hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one-year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018. Reuters Charlottesville one year on Law enforcement arrives ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018 Reuters Charlottesville one year on A vendor displays wares on the mall as State Police lock down the downtown area in anticipation of the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. The Governor has declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville AP Charlottesville one year on A Police bike patrol takes a break in the downtown area in anticipation of the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. State and local authorities framed the weekend's heightened security as a necessary precaution. AP Charlottesville one year on State Police arrest a local resident, John Miska, in the locked down downtown area in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Miska purchased razor blades, which are banned items, in a downtown drugstore. On the the anniversary of white supremacist violence, state and local authorities framed the weekend's heightened security as a necessary precaution. AP Charlottesville one year on State Police escort local resident, John Miska, red hat, after he was arrested in the locked down downtown area in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Miska purchased razor blades, which are banned items, in a downtown drugstore. On the the anniversary of white supremacist violence, state and local authorities framed the weekend's heightened security as a necessary precaution. AP Charlottesville one year on A group Anti-fascism demonstrators, march in the downtown area in anticipation of the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, AP Charlottesville one year on A group anti-fascism demonstrators march in the downtown area in anticipation of the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., AP Charlottesville one year on People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A vehicle plowed into a crowd of people Saturday at a Virginia rally where violence erupted between white nationalist demonstrators and counter-protesters, witnesses said, causing an unclear number of injuries AFP/Getty Charlottesville one year on Alt-right rally members in Lee Park in Charlottesville, VA on Saturday August 12, 2017 White nationalist 'Unite the Right' rally, Charlottesville, USA Rex Charlottesville one year on A counter protester who got hit with a stick by alt-right member covered with blood on his face in Lee Park in Charlottesville, Rex

Joseph Platania, the commonwealth’s attorney for Charlottesville and the senior-assistant commonwealth’s attorney, Nina-Alice Antony, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr Platania said, “As with all prosecutions surrounding the 12 August 2017, attack of DeAndre Harris, this office is hopeful that today’s outcome brings some measure of solace and closure to him and the community at large.”

In March 2018, Mr Harris himself was acquitted of assault in connection with an incident that took place moments before he was attacked. He had intervened in a scuffle after a friend tried to yank a Confederate flag away from a marcher, Harold Crews.

A complaint by Mr Crews, a state chairman of the neo-Confederate group League of the South, eventually led the Charlottesville Police Department to issue a warrant for Mr Harris’ arrest.

The 2017 Charlottesville rally drew white supremacists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members who marched in protest of the city’s plan to remove a statue memorialising Confederate general Robert E Lee. Counter-demonstrators gathered in opposition. It ended in violence and death.

At one point, a man drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one woman, Heather D Heyer, 32, and injuring dozens of others. The driver, James Fields Jr, was convicted of first-degree murder, and a jury recommended in December that he spend the rest of his life in prison.