Shocking video footage shows two rival kebab shop owners brawling with metal poles in the street, as five men have now been jailed following the violent attacks.
The vicious fight, which took place in August this year in the busy city centre of Newport, Wales, saw the men using kebab shop tools and a walking stick against their business opponents.
The attackers, aged between 17 and 52 and all of Turkish background, were from families who each owned a rival kebab shop.
Newport Crown Court were shown CCTV footage of the brutal slashing which took place on Commercial Road.
Mehmet Aksoy, 52, Mazhar Aksoy 40, Murat Aksoy, 28, Burak Aksoy, 25, Savas Sayak, 33, Yagmur Sayak, 42, Firat Sayak, 45, previously admitted violent disorder and are being sentenced at Newport Crown Court.
A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named because of his age, will be sentenced at a youth court.
The court was told there was ‘significant physical violence’ and shown CCTV footage of the fight.
All the defendants were aided in court by an interpreter.
Shocking video footage showed two rival kebab shop owners brawling with metal poles in the street, as five men have now been jailed following the violent attacks
A man brandishing a metal stick with a severe head wound is captured on CCTV as the street brawl unfolds
Five men have now been jailed following the violent fight that took place in Newport this summer
The court heard how the men involved (pictured above) were from two rival kebab shop families
The Aksoy family own Family Kebab on Caerleon Road and the Sayak family own Antalya Kebab on Commercial Road, where the violence took place.
The court heard how the ‘origin of the animosity’ between the two families involved ‘infighting’ between people connected to the families in Turkey.
Footage played in court showed that the fight began when Firat Sayak struck Mehmet Aksoy outside the kebab shop.
The pair then scuffled against a car before falling to the ground.
Mehmet Aksoy then made a phone call, the court heard, which was followed by the arrival of other members of his family – including Murat Aksoy, who arrived leaning out of the passenger window of a grey Mercedes car and brandishing a metal pole.
This caused Firat Sayak to ‘respond in kind’ and brandish his own weapon through the kebab shop window.
Footage played to the court then showed members of both families attacking each other, including with weapons from outside the kebab shop.
These weapons ranged from a ‘metal instrument’ used in the kebab shop, to a metal pole and a walking stick.
At the end of the fight, some family members removed their shirts to use as ‘makeshift bandages’, while others could be seen with blood on them, the court heard.
Police arrived shortly after the fight ended and found Savas Sayak ‘with a severe head wound’ and Yagmar Sayak with ‘multiple injuries to his head’.
Mehmet and Mazhar Aksoy were found in hospital with ‘gashes or slashes’ to their arms.
The violence happened in a busy area of Newport with members of the public present.
In mitigation, the court was told that both families have now reconciled after intervention from the Turkish and Kurdish community in Wales and the Kurdish People’s Democratic Assembly.
The sentencing continues.