Kingston Upon Hull Crown Court Sentencing Results

On May 3, 2025, in King Edward Street, Hull city centre, Annilise Davies left her Cane Corso dog tied to a tree outside a phone shop while she was inside for about an hour and a half trying to get a refund. The dog became distressed, barking and panting. Davies placed a muzzle on the dog after preventing it from biting a member of the public but the muzzle later slipped around its neck. At around 4.50pm, as Davies approached to untie the dog, it lunged at a woman exiting nearby Victory Amusements, latching onto her right wrist, causing 12 puncture wounds and knocking her to the ground, resulting in two pelvic fractures. The victim required a walking frame for six weeks and suffered pain and exhaustion. Davies shouted at the victim and left the scene with the dog.

Victoria Marks, 48, was left in charge of her daughter Courteney Chearman's 11-month-old XL Bully dog, Chappy, while Chearman was on holiday starting May 27, 2024. Marks was living with her cousin in Brazil Street, Hull, and allowed the dog to roam freely without any safety measures like a crate or barriers. A woman arrived with her five-year-old son, who wanted to see the 'puppy'. The boy was attacked instantly upon entering, with the dog locking its jaws onto his head, causing permanent disfiguring injuries including scalp loss and need for skin grafts. Marks tried to intervene but was bitten on the hand. The boy was left scarred and fearful of dogs. The dog was put down in October 2024.

Courteney Chearman, 26, owned an 11-month-old XL Bully dog named Chappy, born in June 2023. While on a caravan holiday with her daughter from May 27, 2024, she left the dog with her mother, Victoria Marks, at a house in Hull, without any safety precautions such as a crate or barriers. A woman arrived with her five-year-old son, who wanted to see the 'puppy'. The boy entered first and was immediately attacked by the dog, which clamped its jaws onto his head, causing severe scalp injuries requiring a skin graft to half his head. The boy was left scarred, disfigured, with no hair regrowth on one side, and terrified of dogs. The dog was seized and put down in October 2024.

On October 4, 2025, Ricky Johnson, 28, of east Hull, made a 999 call at 3pm threatening to kill a named man with a broken glass bottle, claiming the man 'deserved to die'. He was located by police, found reaching into his pocket, and admitted the broken bottle was there. He repeated threats to 'do someone in' and intended to be arrested to return to prison after breaching his licence due to homelessness. He has 14 prior convictions, including multiple for possessing blades.

Aiden Taylor, 32, of west Hull, was in a 15-year relationship with his ex-girlfriend that ended in February 2025. A non-molestation order was imposed on May 8, 2025, and served on him on May 23, 2025. He breached it on May 25, 2025, by posting photographs of the order on social media with an obscene insult towards her. On August 3, 2025, during a Facetime call, he threatened to 'kick the f*** out of her' and hoped she would get hit by a bus. On August 13, 2025, he was aggressive and threatening towards others involved. His behaviour caused significant distress, leaving her feeling hurt, drained, and upset.

Ann Bennett, 33, of Bridlington, was involved in multiple incidents leading to her sentencing. On March 20, 2024, she used threatening words or behaviour during a disturbance in Bridlington, shouting threats like 'Watch me get you stabbed' and 'Watch me get someone to bomb your house.' On March 23, 2024, she threatened to kill an ambulance crew with a kitchen knife after becoming angry during a call-out, showing them knives and saying 'I'll cut off your fingers.' She received a one-year suspended sentence on May 7, 2024, for these offences. On February 17, 2025, she committed affray by assaulting a man in The Lounge pub in Bridlington, kicking him in the chest and punching his face, stopping only when restrained. Later that night, police arrested her at home; she grabbed a knife, climbed onto the roof, pointed it at officers, threatened to throw it, and engaged in a 3.5-hour standoff involving 12 officers, negotiators, and an ambulance, with roads closed due to safety concerns on the small roof. Sentence for affray was deferred on May 2, 2025, giving her a chance to comply with probation, but she breached by moving to Rotherham against advice and poor engagement. This was her third breach.

Matthew Full approached three teenagers in school uniform in a park in Hornsea in April 2025. He sat next to a teenage girl and touched her thigh without consent, then asked about her feet and whether she painted her toenails. He asked for her phone number, and she gave it to him in an attempt to get him to leave. He was identified through house-to-house inquiries and CCTV, and arrested shortly afterwards. Digital forensic analysis of his phone uncovered messages exchanged with the girl and a number of photographs of feet. When questioned, he denied the incident and claimed he did not know what a thigh was.

Radoslav Czubinski, previously banned from driving for 15 months by Hull Magistrates on February 18, 2025, for driving while disqualified and without insurance on December 16, 2024, obtained a false Lithuanian driving licence in another man's name to evade the ban. On May 2, 2025, he was stopped driving a van in Spring Bank, west Hull, and produced the fake licence. On July 29, 2025, he was stopped again in Durban Road, Grimsby, producing both a Polish licence and the fake Lithuanian one. Police checks on his emails and mobile phone revealed his true identity. He admitted buying the fake document online to use if stopped while driving disqualified.

David Johnson, a 46-year-old weapons collector from 24th Avenue, north Hull, was found in possession of a handgun that had been converted from firing blanks to firing real bullets, making it a viable and potentially lethal weapon. The firearm was discovered in a front bedroom wardrobe during a police search on August 15, 2022, following a pre-planned operation after he was identified buying a blank-firing gun. An armed response unit was deployed, and Johnson was arrested. The gun was in a holster inside a plastic case, with the door obstructed by motorbike tyres and clothing. He had previously received an 18-month suspended sentence in October 2018 for attempting to acquire prohibited weapons.

On July 10, 2025, in Bridlington, Ben Dobson set fire to a Ford Transit van parked in Blenheim Road near a children's nursery in Quay Road using a large sheet of cardboard, causing the van to burn out completely and damaging a wooden fence estimated at £800. He was seen on CCTV approaching the van, igniting it, and fleeing. The fire was extinguished by the fire service. Shortly after, police identified and approached him; he became aggressive, was restrained, and found in possession of a knife. He threatened officers during transport to custody but denied the arson in interview. The van had been used as a living space by others.

On June 21, 2025, in Oriel Grove, east Hull, Ashley Borrill, amid a bitter feud linked to a woman, threatened a rival by saying 'I'm going to kill you. You are a dead man' and fired three shots from a pellet gun (believed to be an imitation black handgun) at him in the street. The shots missed the victim but hit a nearby fence; he heard the 'pings'. A child was present in the area. Borrill escaped in a rental van but handed himself in on July 1, 2025. The gun was recovered from another man's home.

Christopher Fletcher, 40, of Hull, made threats to kill his girlfriend on August 14, 2023, warning he would murder her, cut her head off, and 'become the next Raoul Moat', making her fear for her life. The threats were sent mostly to the probation service amid an unhappy relationship; she suffered anxiety, depression, poor work performance, and installed a home camera. Fletcher had no intention of carrying out the threats but spiralled out of control after she wanted to separate.

Thomas Finlay, 56, of Gleneagles Park, east Hull, owned a brown mixed-breed dog that was dangerously out of control. On February 11, 2025, while Finlay was drunk and under the influence of cannabis, lying face down on Holderness Road with a bottle of whisky, the dog bit a woman's hand (1cm cut) after she tried to help him. On April 11, 2025, in Dunvegan Road, the unmuzzled and unleashed dog bit another woman's wrist, causing bite marks on both sides and ripping her cardigan; she required antibiotics and suffered a loss of confidence. Finlay took no action after the first incident to control the dog. The dog was seized by police and euthanised on a vet's recommendation before sentencing.

On November 18, 2023, at 10.25pm, Carl Duffy, 50, of Goole, shouted through the letterbox of his neighbours' home while they were in bed, banging on the door and threatening 'I'm Carl Duffy and I'm going to f***ing kill you'. The couple recognised his voice and felt scared due to ongoing problems and prior harassment. The husband shouted back 'F*** off'. Duffy returned to his home after slamming the door. The woman believed he was capable of the threat and feared confrontation. The couple moved as a result. Duffy has 10 prior convictions including public disorder.

Jamie Peterson, 42, of west Hull, started a fire in the kitchen blinds of his flat in a communal property divided into four flats in Cottingham, on July 5, 2025. He had telephoned the police demanding his seized car back and threatened to set fire to his flat if not returned. He followed through, leaving the scene, which raised the alarm at 11.50pm with smoke visible. The fire self-extinguished by the time firefighters arrived, but there was damage. He was under the influence of alcohol and was reckless as to whether life was endangered, putting other residents at serious risk.

On August 22, 2025, Ian Davison, 43, of Bridlington, became involved in a disturbance outside his house after 6am following the theft of his bicycle from his garden. He ran out, picked up a knife from a grassed area, and brandished it at others during a confrontation involving a group of aggressive men, where one person was injured. Two knives were found in his front garden. He had taken cocaine, making him unpredictable. Additionally, on April 4, 2024, in Harrington Road, Bridlington, he assaulted two police officers as emergency workers by becoming aggressive, attempting to choke one, resisting restraint, and scratching an officer's fingers.

On an unspecified date just after 1am, Callum Cook drove a blue Hyundai Getz without a front registration plate on Wawne Road, Bransholme, east Hull. Police approached the parked car near the Wawne Ferry pub, but Cook sped off, ignoring blue lights and sirens, reaching 50mph in a 30mph limit. He drove dangerously into a raised traffic island in Biggin Avenue, becoming airborne and landing on a barrier, causing serious damage. Cook fled but was caught after attempting to scale a fence; he was intoxicated with slurred speech and erratic behaviour. The car belonged to someone else, and he had no insurance. He refused hospital treatment and provided no comment in interview, failing to give a breath sample.

Bradley Kitcher, 24, of Hornsea, confronted a man who owed him £700 in his Hornsea home. He entered the unlocked house, kicked the sleeping victim in the head on the sofa, and continued assaults while demanding £2,000. Kitcher threatened to kill the victim, tie him up, stick a knife in his neck, throw him in the sea, and burn down his house with his children inside. The incident involved public assaults during a walk to Kitcher's home, threats in a post office, and smashing the victim's phone. The victim suffered bruises around his eyes, jaw, and chest tenderness. Police were called by the victim's partner.

Didier Tordecilla Reyes was unloading a number of bags from a boat on a beach near Easington caravan park when he was caught by the National Crime Agency. The clothes he was wearing when arrested were waterlogged, requiring him to change into a forensic white suit.

Sandra Davis engaged in a prolonged campaign of harassment against her elderly mother-in-law, aged between 78 and 84 at the time, from January 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022, in Hessle. This included making extreme threats of violence, such as threatening to kill her, using degrading language, sending abusive letters, and confronting her in her own home, leaving the victim screaming in terror. The abuse was recorded over 70 times and handed to the police, showing aggression and humiliation, including incidents where the victim tried to escape but was pursued.

Roksana Helena Lecka, while working at two nurseries in Twickenham, abused multiple infants between October 2023 and June 2024. The abuse included pinching, hitting, shoving children to the floor, pulling their hair, kicking them in the face, and vaping towards their cots. This was uncovered through CCTV footage reviewed by the Met Police, statements from parents who noticed injuries, and an investigation that revealed her actions.

Marcin Ciesla, amid divorce proceedings, confronted his estranged wife after she returned home from a night out with her housemate. He became jealous, believing she was whispering about another man she met at a party. He forced his way into the bathroom, grabbed her by the hair, slammed her against a wall, tried to pull her down the stairs, and put her in a choke hold, restricting her breathing. Clumps of her hair were found on the floor, and the incident occurred on February 22.

On December 11, 2023, Danielle Davies, motivated by jealousy, followed and attacked another woman in the street after an altercation at a property. She punched the victim, pulled her hair, and repeatedly slashed her with a craft knife, inflicting nine wounds, including four to the back of the neck, three to the arm, one to the wrist, and one to the back and shoulder. The victim, who was communicating with a man Davies was involved with, managed to escape by boarding a bus after flagging down the driver, while Davies attempted to pursue her. The victim suffered permanent scarring and expressed fear of future confrontations.