A judge has blasted two Victorian prison inmates who viciously stabbed Tony Mokbel after they laughed in court, reminding them they almost killed the drug kingpin.
Teira Bennett and Eldea Teuira, both 22, bashed and stabbed Mokbel with makeshift shivs at Barwon Prison on February 11 last year following Bennett's 21st birthday party.
County Court of Victoria Judge Liz Gaynor blasted at the pair in court today, telling them they would end up as "lonely old men".
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"You may think you're heroes in jail but do you think in 20 years' time that's going to matter?" she told Bennett and Teuira.
"When you're 40, you'll see what G-Fam and the bros do for you.
"You'll end up drug-addled lonely old men."
One day earlier, News Corp's Herald Sun had published a story headlined "Tony the enforcer".
"You're not an enforcer. This is what you get for talking to the screws. You f------ dog," Bennett told Mokbel during the frenzied attack.
As Mokbel lay bleeding, Teuira told Bennett "happy birthday bro".
Judge Gaynor said the attack was a direct result of the Herald Sun article and carried out to reinforce the dominance of Barwon's Pacific Islander "G-Fam" prisoner group.
Bennett and Teuira's sentences were combined with their existing jail terms for previous crimes.
Bennett was sentenced to up to 11 years and two months, backdated to August 2017.
Teuira was jailed for a maximum of 10 years and 10 months, backdated to November 2017.
Both men began using drugs including ice at a young age and were already serving sentences for violent crimes when they attacked Mokbel.
"It is tragic to see two young lives already crashing dramatically off the rails," Judge Gaynor said.
- With AAP reporting
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