Kidderminster Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Robert May, 73, engaged in a sustained campaign against his widowed neighbour over more than a decade. He stood naked in his flat window and masturbated on more than 30 occasions in view of the victim, sent her a text asking to see her breasts, and was recorded entering her garden and touching her bras on the washing line. He told police he had been applying deep heat for aching joints and that the curtain had fallen, and later said he had gone to retrieve a dog ball and accidentally touched a bra. The judge rejected these explanations as nonsensical.

David Severn, 46, of no fixed address, breached a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order granted in September 2023. On Friday, August 28, 2026, he acted aggressively and made threats towards members of the public on Barker Street in Shrewsbury town centre. He was located, arrested, and charged, then appeared before magistrates the following day.

On December 14, 2023, a 35-year-old father-of-two working for the Redditch-based company was inside an HGV box trailer being loaded with one-tonne concrete blocks using a forklift truck in preparation for a DVSA brake test. The forklift nudged a stack of blocks, causing them to topple onto the man's legs, resulting in the amputation of his left foot and lower leg, and serious injuries to his right leg. The company failed to segregate workers from moving vehicles, did not provide training to the forklift driver, and had not authorised him to operate such vehicles. The man was dismissed from his job after the incident.

Tom Ryan was found in possession of a Taser in the Stourport area of Worcestershire on the night of August 15/16, 2025. He was arrested, charged, and appeared in court where he pleaded guilty to the offense.

Jamie Ellis committed seven counts of theft from shops between Friday 11 July and Wednesday 23 July 2025. He was arrested following a successful investigation by the Hereford city centre police team.

Jon Evans was found in possession of a black-handled fixed kitchen knife on Silver Street, Worcester on July 17, 2025. He admitted carrying a kitchen knife in the city centre and appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court for sentencing, where he received a four-month custodial sentence suspended for 12 months.

Joshua New, of Dawley, Telford, was arrested by police after being spotted driving at 60-80 mph in a 30-mph zone while trying to evade police.

Police received reports of a man behaving anti-socially by balancing sticks on his head and walking into a road in Worcester. He shouted abusive language at a member of the public. After arrest, officers searched him and found a small lock knife in his jacket pocket. He had previously been involved in verbal abuse and intimidation towards members of the public in Stourport, Worcester city centre and Hereford city centre, and had made unnecessary calls to police in February 2024.

Amanda Masters was sentenced for theft from a shop after a suspended sentence from a previous offence was activated. She was further ordered to pay £165 in compensation. Police said her shoplifting offences had impacted retailers in Redditch.

Daniel Lloyd, of St Paul’s Street in Worcester, breached a Criminal Behaviour Order by visiting Crowngate bus station and The Hive on April 13, 2016. The CBO had been imposed in January 2016 when he was under the age of 18.