Gloucester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 12 verdicts at Gloucester Crown Court (Gloucester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Daniel Fortune

Dangerous driving

June 2, 2025

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and banned from driving for 12 months

PC Daniel Fortune was driving an unmarked police car at nearly 70 miles per hour through a red light on September 6, 2023, in Bristol, causing a collision with a Kia Stonic and seriously injuring the driver. He was responding to an emergency call related to an escaped prisoner, Daniel Khalife, but failed to brake or slow down appropriately.

Pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. Comments from IOPC director noted that the officer's driving endangered others, and he will face an accelerated misconduct hearing.

Sources: bristolpost.co.uk

Dean Powell

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm

May 23, 2025

Sentence: 4 years imprisonment with an additional 3 years on licence

Dean Powell conducted a relentless campaign of domestic abuse against his victim in 2023, which involved repeatedly assaulting her by throwing a vacuum cleaner at her head, causing bruising; hitting her with a TV remote, resulting in a split forehead and lasting scar; threatening her with a machete and demanding she place her hands or head on a table to be chopped off; grabbing her hair, sitting on her, and slamming her head into the floor; hitting her with a glass, causing significant blood loss; and repeatedly punching her in the face until she lost consciousness in December 2023. He also breached a non-molestation order by contacting her and visiting her address multiple times.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of breaching a non-molestation order; has 41 prior convictions, including violence against women; judge deemed him dangerous and noted his history of serious violence; mitigation included excessive drinking and desire for a positive future.

Sources: gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Kiano Houghton Jones

Supply of Class A drugs

May 19, 2025

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Kiano Houghton Jones supplied cocaine across Gloucester between June and November 2024. He breached his Serious Crime Prevention Orders by possessing more than one mobile phone, associating with a prohibited individual, and having more than £1,000 in cash. Police arrested him on December 4, 2024, after finding him with multiple mobile phones and seizing nearly £9,000 in cash, high-value clothing, and evidence from his phones showing messages about eight kilograms of cocaine for supply, along with photographs of large quantities of cocaine and cash.

Pleaded guilty to supplying Class A drugs. Had 23 previous convictions for violence and drug dealing. Judge commented that he demonstrated the attitude of a naughty schoolboy and needed to grow up. A 24-month suspended sentence for causing injury by dangerous driving was activated concurrently.

Sources: gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Aditya Rai

Fraud

April 30, 2025

Sentence: 20 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 200 hours of unpaid work

Aditya Rai, 43, of Brockworth, created a fake university degree, passport, and CV under a false identity to secure employment at two law firms in Gloucestershire and a construction company in Bristol. He earned around £10,000 through these roles, which he resigned from or was terminated due to failed reference checks. His fraudulent activities involved forging documents to hide prior convictions and were uncovered during a Gloucestershire Police investigation, leading to his arrest in June 2022 and again in February 2025.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation, possessing or controlling false identity documents, and using a false instrument. Offences were committed during the COVID lockdown due to financial difficulties, with the judge describing him as a dishonest person who impacted his family.

Sources: gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Nicholas Geenty

Possession with intent to supply cocaine

April 25, 2025

Sentence: 5 years imprisonment

On December 3, 2024, Nicholas Geenty was spotted in a car in the Paganhill area of Stroud while officers from the Cotswolds and Stroud Neighbourhood Support Team were patrolling. He fled from police in his vehicle, leading to a pursuit, and was detained after a road closure. A search of his vehicle uncovered cocaine with a street value of around £3,000, cannabis worth £45, digital scales, and a burner phone.

Pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and possession of cannabis. Was on licence for a previous drug conviction. Ordered to pay costs of £228.

Sources: gloucestershirelive.co.uk

Tom Hill

Causing death by dangerous driving

March 26, 2024

Sentence: 7.5 years imprisonment

Tom Hill, 32, was racing his performance-enhanced Ford Fiesta ST at speeds up to 100mph on roads with a 50mph limit. He lost control of his vehicle on the B4228 near Sling in the Forest of Dean on 28 January 2022, colliding with a Mini driven by Terri-Ann Marshall, a 36-year-old mother-of-two, resulting in her immediate death.

Admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Was driving a performance-enhanced Ford Fiesta ST and lost control during the race.

Sources: lancasterguardian.co.uk

Lyndon Parsons

Causing death by dangerous driving

March 26, 2024

Sentence: 8 years imprisonment

Lyndon Parsons, 26, was racing his performance-enhanced Volkswagen Golf GTI at speeds up to 100mph on roads with a 50mph limit. He was ahead of Tom Hill during the race on the B4228 near Sling in the Forest of Dean on 28 January 2022, and his actions contributed to the dangerous driving that led to Hill losing control and causing a fatal crash with a Mini driven by Terri-Ann Marshall.

Admitted causing death by dangerous driving. Was driving a performance-enhanced Volkswagen Golf GTI and racing alongside Tom Hill.

Sources: lancasterguardian.co.uk

Dorothy Denny

Causing serious injury by dangerous driving

May 19, 2023

Sentence: 20-month suspended prison sentence, £10,000 fine, and 10-year driving ban

Dorothy Denny drove a Mini Cooper the wrong way on the M5 southbound carriageway for more than two miles while over three times the legal drink limit. The incident occurred on October 5, 2022, near Tewkesbury, leading to a head-on collision with a Vauxhall Astra and damage to two lorries. This resulted in serious injuries to the Astra's driver and passengers, including broken bones, whiplash, and bruising.

Admitted to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and drink driving. Expressed remorse during the investigation.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Keon Sanderson

Theft

July 21, 2022

Sentence: 10 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, 150 hours of unpaid work, £200 court costs, and disqualified from driving for 18 months

Keon Sanderson was part of a three-strong gang that stole £30,000 worth of Wrigley’s chewing gum from a lorry parked at Gloucester Services on the M5 on May 4, 2022. While the female driver slept in her cab, the group cut open the lorry’s side and removed seven pallets of gum into their own lorry. They fled after being spotted, leading to a police chase along the M5 to Cheltenham, where they drove the wrong way on the A40 and abandoned their lorry near a BMW dealership before fleeing on foot.

Pleaded guilty to theft, possession of cannabis and failing to provide a breath test or sample. Was coerced into participating to settle a debt and did not profit from the crime.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Ellis Benecke

Theft

July 21, 2022

Sentence: Eight-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months and 140 hours of unpaid work

Ellis Benecke was part of a three-strong gang that stole £30,000 worth of Wrigley’s chewing gum from a lorry parked at Gloucester Services on the M5 on May 4, 2022. While the female driver slept in her cab, the group cut open the lorry’s side and removed seven pallets of gum into their own lorry. They fled after being spotted, leading to a police chase along the M5 to Cheltenham, where they drove the wrong way on the A40 and abandoned their lorry near a BMW dealership before fleeing on foot.

Brady Hickman

Rape

March 23, 2022

Sentence: 15-year extended sentence with up to 10 years in prison

Brady Hickman, 33, staked out the home of a disabled woman in her 70s and watched through a window as she fell asleep on November 11, 2021. He entered her home through an open window in the early hours, stripped naked in the hallway, and raped her after threatening her not to make a noise. The victim awoke to see him in her bedroom doorway and was left suffering from PTSD, panic attacks, and flashbacks, leading her to move homes.

Pleaded guilty to rape and two charges of assault by penetration. Has previous convictions for burglary, assault, robbery, and sexual assault. Judge Michael Cullum deemed him dangerous and a threat to women.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Kieran Hayward

Dangerous Driving

August 12, 2016

Sentence: 6 months in a young offenders’ institute and banned from driving for more than two years

Kieran Hayward, 19, led police on a high-speed chase in Gloucester on April 8, 2016, driving a Volkswagen Golf at speeds exceeding 125mph with a baby and a five-year-old girl in the back seat. He evaded police due to lack of insurance, weaving through traffic on the wrong side of the road, causing other vehicles to take evasive action, and was eventually stopped in congestion on the A40 bypass.

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