Two local residents involved in the beating of then-Binghamton University senior Bryan Steinhauer in May 2008 have been sentenced to two years in prison, according to reports from The Associated Press.

Edin Dzubar, 25, of Johnson City, and Sanel Softic, 22, of Binghamton, both native Bosnians, were sentenced Jan. 14.

The two were first charged in the assault in October, when they pleaded guilty to felony assault.

Along with Miladin “Minja” Kovacevic, a 23-year-old former BU men’s basketball player, both Dzubar and Softic were accused of repeatedly kicking Steinhauer in the head and chest at the Rathskeller Pub on 92 State St. on May 4, 2008. Steinhauer was left in critical condition and placed in a medically induced coma, which lasted months because of a fractured skull and severe swelling in his brain.

Kovecevic fled to his native Serbia in June 2008. A Serbian diplomat helped him pay his $100,000 bail and leave the country.

The Serbian government paid Steinhauer’s family $900,000 in March 2009 in a deal to prosecute Kovacevic in Serbia, where hearings began last month.

Kovacevic is facing assault charges with evidence provided by Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen.