A murdered psychiatrist was 'beaten, tortured and left for dead' by three people while looking for gay sex in a park near Cardiff Castle, a court heard today.
Father-of-two Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, suffered horrific injuries when he was attacked as he went to the park to 'explore his bisexuality' after the break-up of his marriage.
However, he was brutally set upon by three attackers, including a girl aged just 16, as they targeted his bag.
Opening the case on Tuesday, Dafydd Enoch, prosecuting, said the attack was 'motivated by greed, homophobia and straight-up violence'.
He told the court the three defendants had been 'in search of vulnerable gay men who were in the park for sex' to rob. He said they set upon Dr Jenkins, who pleaded for his life.
Jason Edwards, 25, Lee William Strickland, 36, and the girl, who is now 17 but cannot be named for legal reasons, deny murder.
But they have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, robbery and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Mr Enoch said: 'They were hurting Dr Jenkins for the best part of 15 minutes as he lay on the ground. It was torture pure and simple.
'Edwards says, 'Stamp on his head, stamp on his head'. There's homophobic abuse [The youth] at the end is heard saying, 'Yes, I needed that'. These defendants were indulging in sport.'
Police rushed to the scene when the alarm was raised and found Dr Jenkins unconscious with his trousers pulled down.
Mr Enoch added: 'He had been left in a humiliating state.'
Doctors tried to save Mr Jenkins but he died of an 'unsurvivable' brain injury 16 days later.
The court heard a witness described the teenage girl attacker as 'f***ing evil. Sadistic.'
Dr Gary Jenkins (pictured), 54, suffered horrific injuries when he was brutally attacked in the shadow of Cardiff Castle in Bute Park, Cardiff, on July 20 last year
Passer-by Louis Williams had been in the park when he spotted Dr Jenkins on the floor being kicked. He went to help Dr Jenkins but was also assaulted. Mr Williams described the attackers 'egging each other on' while laughing during the attack.
He told police: 'I don't know why they were hurting him so much.'
The court heard Mr Williams said the teenage girl was 'confident' and said she thought 'everything she was doing was just funny.'
He told police: 'She clearly was no victim. She's f***ing evil. Sadistic.'
The prosecutor said Dr Jenkins' activities would 'be his undoing' after he left himself 'particularly vulnerable.'
He said: 'He was open about it and his colleagues were well aware of his bisexuality. Dr Jenkins was in the habit of attending Bute Park at night looking for sexual contact with likeminded men. He would often drink heavily as well.'
The court heard Mr Williams saw the three 'shouting at Dr Jenkins and kicking him' as they pulled at his bag.
The teenage girl, who was 16 at the time of the attack, was then heard yelling: 'Take his bag. Get his bag.'
Mr Enoch said: 'They were hurting Dr Jenkins for the best part of 15 minutes as he lay on the ground. It was torture pure and simple.'
Victim Mr Williams, who was also assaulted, described the three 'egging each other on' while laughing during the attack.
He told police: 'I don't know why they were hurting him so much.'
The court heard Mr Williams said the teenage girl was 'confident' and said she thought 'everything she was doing was just funny.'
He told police: 'She clearly was no victim. She's f***ing evil. Sadistic.'
Mr Enoch said: 'We ask you not to make the mistake in this case of assuming that 16-year-old was some sort of wilting flower caught up in something that was not of her making.
'The reality was a million miles from that scenario.'
Officers were called to the scene after another man in the park heard shouting that became 'angrier and angrier' just after 1am.
The man had previously been approached by the three defendants near to the Summerhouse cafe
