Gloucester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 59 verdicts at Gloucester Crown Court (Gloucester). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Christopher Skelton

Child sexual offences

July 8, 2023

Sentence: 30 months imprisonment

Between January 26, 2022, and August 3, 2023, Christopher Skelton engaged in sexual communication with a child under 16 via WhatsApp for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification. He also engaged in sexual activity with a girl under 16 by touching her inappropriately between August 25, 2022, and August 28, 2022. Additionally, between April 17, 2020, and August 3, 2023, he made two category B and one category C indecent photographs of a child.

Pleaded guilty to four child sexual offences. Required to register with police and pay a surcharge of £190.

Sources: stroudnewsandjournal.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

Wm Morrisons

Health and safety offences

March 1, 2023

Sentence: £3.5 million fine

Matthew Gunn, a 27-year-old employee with epilepsy, died on October 7, 2014, after falling from a staircase at the WM Morrisons store in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on September 25, 2014, during a seizure. The company failed to ensure his health and safety despite warnings from his mother three-and-a-half months prior about the risks due to his frequent seizures. His locker was moved to the first floor without a risk assessment, exposing him to a real risk. The company also failed to comply with an HSE inspector's request for contact details between May 26, 2015, and February 26, 2020.

Convicted of three health and safety offences and admitted a fourth charge. Appeal against convictions dismissed by Court of Appeal.

Sources: standard.co.uk

Wm Morrisons Plc

Health and safety offences

March 1, 2023

Sentence: £3.5 million fine

Matthew Gunn, a 27-year-old employee with epilepsy, suffered catastrophic head injuries after falling from a staircase during a seizure at the WM Morrisons store in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on September 25, 2014. He died on October 7, 2014. The company failed to ensure his health, safety, and welfare, did not conduct a suitable risk assessment, and failed to review risks despite warnings from his mother three-and-a-half months prior. His locker was moved upstairs without assessment, exposing him to a known risk from his condition.

Convicted of three health and safety offences and admitted a fourth charge. Appeal against convictions dismissed by Court of Appeal.

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.

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

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.

Wendy Buffrey

Fraud

October 1, 2010

Sentence: community sentence with 150 hours of unpaid work, £26,250 repayment, and £1,500 prosecution costs

Wendy Buffrey, 61, of Cheltenham, ran a Post Office in Up Hatherley, Gloucestershire. She noticed shortfalls due to Horizon errors, topped them up with her own money, but was coerced into signing false accounts, leading to fraud charges and conviction.

Admitted two counts of fraud at Gloucester Crown Court in October 2010; conviction quashed on 23 April 2021. Coerced into signing incorrect accounts by auditors.

Sources: standard.co.uk

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