MISSOULA, Mont.—A 20-year-old Missoula man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for severely beating another man last May.

Christopher Newrider pleaded guilty last month to felony assault and kidnapping in the attack on Stevenpaul Richey.

Newrider admitted tying up Richey, kicking him and hitting him in the face, breaking ribs and bones in his face. Richey spent several days in the hospital.

The 51-year-old Richey says his assailants uttered anti-gay epithets during the beating in his downtown apartment.

Newrider was sentenced Feb. 12.

A co-defendant, 20-year-old Michael Lemay, has been sentenced to five years’ custody with the Department of Corrections. Both men were ordered to pay restitution.