Scott Hall, who suffered from Rasmussen's Syndrome, died from a brain haemorrhage nine days after he was attacked by two teenagers . A teenager changed his Facebook status to ‘full-time killer’ after a disabled man he attacked later died of a brain haemorrhage. Scott Hall died 11 days after he was punched to the ground and repeatedly kicked by the 15-year-old and an accomplice of the same age in an unprovoked attack. But despite one of the attackers taking to Facebook to mock his victim – who was known to the youth’s family – and calling himself a killer, the pair walked free from court yesterday. They were given community orders and told to attend a rehabilitation programme. The sentence followed the Crown Prosecution Service’s insistence that it could not link the attack to 28-year-old Mr Hall’s death. His family criticised the decision not to charge the youths over the death and said ‘the punishment should fit the crime’. Instead, the teenagers were taken to court to face the lesser charge of assault causing actual bodily harm. Newton Aycliffe magistrates’ court was told that Mr Hall, who had both physical and learning difficulties, lived his final days in terror following the attack. He was confronted by the youths in Newton Hall, Durham, last July, beaten up and left unconscious. He was taken to hospital and later released. Nine days later his mother found him lying at the foot of the stairs at the family home in Framwellgate Moor, Durham. Despite being taken back to hospital and regaining consciousness, he died two days later. An inquest found that a ‘blunt force trauma’ led to Mr Hall’s death from a brain haemorrhage but said it could find no evidence the attack was directly linked. The youths, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, initially denied the assault but admitted the offence at the magistrates’ court on Wednesday. The victim’s sister Zoe Hall, 25, told the court: ‘[The defendants’] actions resulted in him being frightened for the last week of his life. He was constantly upset and couldn’t understand why someone would want to hurt him.’ Thugs: Scott Hall was kicked as he lay on the ground outside Newton Hall Library (pictured) in Durham . Chris Atkinson, prosecuting, said Mr Hall had been trying to walk away from a verbal altercation with his attackers when he was pounced on. He said: ‘He was punched in the face. That knocked him to the ground and witnesses describe both young men kicking him while he was on the ground.’ Witnesses ran to Mr Hall’s aid before he was taken to hospital and later released. ‘Mr Hall suffered from Rasmussen’s Syndrome, which affected his balance, speech and the way he walked,’ said Mr Atkinson. ‘His disability must have been apparent to his attackers.’ The youths, now 16, had no previous convictions and were said to be remorseful. Mr Hall’s family discovered they would not be charged with causing his death at an earlier hearing in January. At a hearing at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court (pictured), both teenagers pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Hall and were given community orders . At the time his mother Carol Hall, 56, said: ‘I’m totally gutted. The punishment should fit the crime.’ A CPS spokesman said: ‘The coroner found no evidence to link the death of Mr Hall with an alleged assault some two weeks before.’ The mother of the teenager who boasted of being a killer said: ‘I don’t know why he attacked Scott, he has never been able to explain it. 'I knew some of Scott’s family quite well and it’s hard to describe how sorry I am. ‘It has devastated us as a family but of course nowhere near the suffering the Hall family has experienced. ‘They could never prove there was any link between the attack and Scott’s death but we all know the attack shouldn’t have happened.’
Scott Hall, 28, died from brain haemorrhage days after he was attacked . Disabled man was punched in the face and kicked as he lay on pavement . He spent nine days living in terror before sudden bleed to brain and death . Two 15-year-olds admitted attacking Mr Hall but they will not be jailed . Both were given 12-month referral orders, rehab and community service .