A former Royal Marine and a doorman who set a trap to attack a Plymouth man who was sleeping with one of their wives have had their jail terms cut from three to two years.
Lee Craven came back from security work overseas to find the mother of his three children, Zara Craven, had moved in fellow ex-marine, Kenneth Churchill, from Plymouth.
Craven, 35, of The Warren, Woodbury, asked doorman Steven John Walters, 38, to help him teach Mr Churchill a lesson.
The pair lured Mr Churchill off the A38 - where he thought he was going to confront Craven.
Instead he found teh two men intent on disfiguring him.
Walters, of Bradham Court, Exmouth, and Craven subjected Mr Churchill to a savage 'joint beating' on July 12 last year.
The ex-marine started punching his rival but Mr Churchill managed to throw him to the ground.
But Walters then weighed in, attacking him from behind and getting him in a choke hold, said the judge.
After the victim briefly escaped, Walters got him back in the hold and Craven kicked him in the head several times.
Mr Churchill felt he was 'losing consciousness' and heard Walters say 'that's what you get for f***ing his wife'.
The attack only stopped when a female passerby intervened, added the judge.
Craven and Walters were both found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and jailed for three years at Exeter Crown Court in May.
Their lawyers argued their punishments were far too tough and pleaded with senior judges to reduce the sentences.
Mr Justice Warby said Craven had no previous convictions and Walters also had none 'of a grave nature'.
The injury to Mr Churchill was 'not that serious' and both men had received 'hugely impressive references', he added.
"Three years' imprisonment was manifestly excessive," said the judge, who was sitting with Lady Justice Sharp and Judge Jeremy Carey.
Both attackers' sentences were reduced to two years.
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