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A businessman who was jailed for permanently injuring an intruder who attacked him and his family has been freed by the Court of Appeal. | A businessman who was jailed for permanently injuring an intruder who attacked him and his family has been freed by the Court of Appeal. |
Munir Hussain 53, was sentenced to 30 months for grievous bodily harm with intent after he hit Walid Salem with a cricket bat in 2008. | |
Hussain and his family had been tied up by three intruders at their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. | |
His jail sentence has been replaced with a two-year suspended term. | His jail sentence has been replaced with a two-year suspended term. |
Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, who was sitting with two other judges in London, said he had shown "mercy" to Hussain. | |
Community figures | |
His brother, 35-year-old Tokeer Hussain, who was also jailed for causing grievous bodily harm, had his 39-month jail term reduced to two years. | |
The brothers were not at court for the hearing. | |
Both men, described as being at the heart of the community, were imprisoned in December after being found guilty at Reading Crown Court. | |
The pair left Salem with a permanent brain injury after hitting him with a cricket bat on 3 September. | |
The force of the blow was so hard that it broke the bat into three pieces. |