Actor who played Somali pirate in Tom Hanks film jailed for attacking men
Mohammed Abdi had a minor role in the 2013 Tom Hanks movie Captain Phillips, which tells the story of the takeover of an oil tanker.
The sentencing judge told the court he had seen the film "more than once", and had thought the actors playing the pirates were "fantastic".
However, the court heard that Abdi was also part of a mob who ambushed rivals as they were coming out of south Manchester takeaways.
In the first attack, the victim was on his way out of a friend chicken shop when his assailants, led by Abdi, pulled up in a Nissan Micra and set upon him.
The man was kicked unconscious and suffered a fractured cheekbone before being bundled into a car, driven off, and released after an hour.
Prosecutor Katy Jones said Abdi had previously been involved in a fraud case with the victim, and called him a "grass" before the attack on March 2 last year.
The victim suffered a brain haemorrhage in the aftermath of the assault.
On August 17 this year, Abdi also took part in a gang attack on a man suspected of insulting his friend at a bakery. ...
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