A man has told a Supreme Court jury he was given a harsh beating by two assailants who used a five-foot metal pole and a hammer as they smashed one of his legs and his forearm during a 15-minute attack in Warwick last July.

Victim Gary Raynor said he would have to wear a support on his left forearm for the rest of his life because of damage caused during the beating.

The injuries caused to his right leg have not yet healed.

William Robinson, 45, and Jamar Dill, 32, whose addresses were not made known to the court, have both denied a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent on July 23 last year.

Robinson has also entered a not guilty plea to an accusation of robbery on the same day. It is claimed 12 gold adornment teeth belonging to Mr. Raynor were taken from him after the beating.

A Supreme Court jury listened as Mr. Raynor, who is currently serving a prison sentence on another matter, explained he had cycled from Ord Road to Khyber Pass in Warwick to visit his girlfriend but when no one answered the door made his way to a neighbouring house to ask for a drink of water.

It was as he did so he noticed a grey car on the street outside and claims he heard Dill say: "There he go, right there."

Mr. Raynor said he recognised the car as belonging to Sandra York, who ran a Hamilton barber shop where he once worked. He added: "I heard his (Dill's) voice coming from the car. I ran through some bushes between the houses. I ran for a minute then fell in a hole and was lying flat on my back. I looked up and saw 'Sherbert Eye' (Robinson) coming towards me.

"He had a metal object in his hand and hit me ten times on my right leg and seven times on my left wrist and hand. I was helpless and in pain. Then I felt a hit on the back of my head. I looked up and saw 'Smalls' (Dill), he hit me three times on my left arm, he was hitting me full force with a hammer."

According to Mr. Raynor the attack lasted 15 minutes before the two men walked back towards the car and left.

Chief Justice Richard Ground and the jury listened as Mr. Raynor claimed that, while he was still lying on the ground, Robinson returned a few minutes later and kicked him in the mouth which knocked a row of six gold clip-on teeth from his mouth.

The teeth were a fashion adornment and Mr. Raynor said Robinson then demanded the bottom row of six gold clip-on teeth as well, which he gave him.

Mr. Raynor said that before Robinson left for a second time he said: "You're lucky it's daytime because I would have killed you."

The court heard Mr. Raynor was eventually found and taken to hospital where he remained for five weeks.

But during his time in hospital he was unexpectedly visited by Robinson, Dill and his former employer Sandra York who told him the police had taken her car and it was his fault, said Mr. Raynor.

He claimed he had been warned to "get Sandra's car back and drop the charges" and that as Sandra York had left she said to him: "Did you think that nothing was going to happen to you?"

When asked by prosecutor Oonagh Vaucrosson how he knew Sandra York, Mr. Raynor said he had worked at her barber shop, adding: "It was pretty cool until she accused me of breaking into the shop."

Under cross-examination by lawyer Alan Doughty, representing Robinson, Mr. Raynor gave a different account of what had happened when he knocked on the door of his girlfriend's house and said his girlfriend's father had actually answered the door and then told him to wait.

After waiting five minutes, Mr. Raynor said he had gone to a neighbouring house to ask for water before he saw the grey car and was beaten by Dill and Robinson.

Asked why he had run away Mr. Raynor replied: "Because I knew they wanted to do damage to me."

Mr. Doughty asked him how long he had been lying on the ground after falling before he was set upon, Mr. Raynor said "about two minutes."

Mr. Doughty said: "After running 100 yards you had to lie on your back for two minutes?" to which Mr. Raynor said: "Yes, I smoke a lot."