Andy Joyce leaves the Perth District Court after the sentencing of a man who was part of a gang that bashed his son. A YOUNG man who was part of a gang of 10 who bashed a teenager in Perth's southern suburbs last year has been sentenced to 20 months' jail but could be free in a matter of weeks. Abdul Latif Ahmed Hafza, 20, of Bassendean, was sentenced today in the District Court for his role in the gang bashing of Warnbro teenager Jimi Brewer-Joyce in July last year. Jimi was bashed with baseball bats, golf clubs and hockey sticks on Safety Bay Road on the night of July 21 by a gang of 10 masked young men. He suffered bleeding on the brain and a lacerated skull in the attack, is now deaf in one ear and still has dizzy spells, the court was told. Two of his mates were also attacked but suffered less serious injuries. In the District Court today, Hafza pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. He had his prison term backdated to August last year and was made eligible for parole, meaning he could walk free from prison in June. The court was told Hafza drove one of the three cars to Warnbro and back that evening and armed himself with a pool cue. But his lawyer Brain Mahon told the court his client never struck any of the victims on the night and had fully cooperated with police since his arrest in August. The court was also told Hafza had spent a total of 281 days in custody since being arrested. "He's paid his price in terms of time...this is a young person who has learned a huge amount from that tragic night," Mr Mahon said. He did not strike anyone that night...he stood back at the 11th hour. He recognises all that he did wrong that night. State prosecutor Hannah Milligan conceded no evidence could be offered in respect of the individual role Hafza exactly played that night in terms of whether he struck anyone, but called for an immediate term of imprisonment for the 20-year-old, labelling the gang's actions "retaliatory group-driven violence." "The attack was premeditated, it was a vicious and violent attack," Ms Milligan said. It was entirely unprovoked against a small group of people who were unarmed. Judge Philip Eaton said he accepted Hafza did not strike any of the victims with the weapons but had assisted those that did. "Upon seeing the assault you took no further part... you did not take part in the actual violence but facilitated it," Judge Eaton said. What occurred that night is something the community will not tolerate... the community is horrified by the thought of gangs roaming the suburbs at night. The court was told today that six youths in total, including Hafza, were charged over the incident. Of the other five, two are being sentenced in the Perth Children's Court tomorrow after they too pleaded guilty. The other three - two adults and a juvenile - have pleaded not guilty to their respective charges. Outside court today, Jimi's father Andy Joyce said he was disappointed with the sentence. "Not much has really happened to him (Hafza) at all... my son is permanently deaf in one ear," Mr Joyce said. He is completely deaf and there is nothing they can do about it.