Kingston Upon Hull Crown Court Sentencing Results

Curtis Wedgner harassed his ex-wife by sending unwanted emails containing expletives and insults between July 16 and 25, 2025, and breached a restraining order on July 22, 23, and 24, 2025. This followed a previous assault on January 26, 2025, where he caused actual bodily harm by punching her. His actions were driven by jealousy and paranoia, exacerbated by a cocaine addiction, including sending abusive messages, making threats, and forcing entry into her home.

Dylan Finney took a Land Rover Freelander from outside a house in Eggborough on December 13, using cloned number plates. On December 18, he drove the vehicle towing a trailer at high speeds over 100mph to evade police on the A164 and rural roads towards Holme-on-Spalding Moor. He abandoned the damaged vehicle on the hard shoulder of the M62 motorway near the Ouse bridge and hid waist-deep in a ditch with a passenger. Police found eight number plates in the vehicle and detected cannabis use; blood tests confirmed he was over the legal limit for the drug. He had no insurance and was driving while disqualified.

Craig Eade participated in violent disorder and arson in Hull on August 3 during nationwide unrest following the Southport attack. He kicked a police officer's shield, added tyres to a fire outside a garage where a terrified family, including an autistic child, was hiding to escape the crowd, threw a road cone onto the blaze causing £20,000 in damage, surrounded a car with three foreign nationals and kicked it while the crowd shouted threats like 'Kill them', and engaged in further clashes with police.

Callum Simpson, armed with a knife, threatened to stab police officers and made menacing gestures during a confrontation. He climbed onto a roof from a rear window after pulling out a flick knife and warning officers, 'I'll f***ing stab you. If you touch me, you are going to get it.' The incident lasted about 30 minutes, during which he armed himself with a chunk of brick and was unaffected by Pava spray. Police were responding to reports of an injured woman in the street on July 21.

John Fennell jumped over a garden fence during an argument between his sister and her neighbour, grabbed the woman by her neck with both hands, strangled her, and dragged her around the garden on May 17. He was arrested shortly after and found in possession of cocaine. The incident escalated from a verbal dispute, and another neighbour intervened to stop the attack.

Phillip Buckingham, using the username Funtime Fred, exchanged messages with a decoy 13-year-old girl set up by an undercover police officer on Kik and WhatsApp between November 6 and 9, 2022. He claimed to be 58 years old and sought 'no strings attached' contact. He encouraged the girl to tease him, sent intimate but clothed pictures of himself, asked about her experiences, and inquired about her school activities. Police arrested him on December 16, 2022, after tracing the messages to his mobile phone.

Paulius Juknys was found at a house in Boulevard, west Hull, on June 27, 2025, where police discovered a secret cannabis factory with 126 cannabis plants and sophisticated growing equipment. The electricity had been bypassed, indicating a large-scale operation likely to yield a significant amount of drugs. Juknys had previously been jailed for a similar offense and had entered the UK illegally on June 20, 2025, in breach of a deportation order issued on April 14, 2024. He was the only person present at the house during the raid.

Kai Miller confronted and attacked a man with a 60cm Samurai sword outside a house in Pocklington on January 27. The victim, who had been at a party and returned after buying more alcohol, was slashed on the head before he could knock on the door, resulting in a serious wound requiring 10 stitches, as well as scratches on his face and neck. Miller grinned during the attack and told the victim to leave while mocking his injuries. The weapon was recovered when Miller was arrested.

Lee Marshall, 32, of Trinity Road, Bridlington, engaged in an unprovoked and aggressive attack in the early hours of February 23, 2023, at the Apollo bar in Bridlington's Prince Street harbour area. He punched a 22-year-old man in the face, knocking him to the floor and causing a fractured skull that required major surgery and a 10-day hospital stay. The victim suffered permanent physical and emotional effects, including headaches, sleep issues, reduced work hours, and a permanent scar, with his mother describing the ordeal as horrific and life-altering.

Stephen Shepherd, in a hotel room in Hull on February 2, accused his ex-girlfriend of cheating after a night of drinking, slapped her, grabbed her throat and strangled her, restricting her breathing, and tore her passport in half when she tried to leave. He continued to be aggressive, assaulting police officers who arrived, leading to the use of a Taser to subdue him, and he remained defiant even after being handcuffed. The victim reported feeling extremely petrified and feared for her safety.

Ross Stubbs engaged in a campaign of harassment against his ex-girlfriend between November 9 and December 16, 2024, despite an indefinite restraining order in place since February 2022 following previous violent offences against her. He sent a sinister Snapchat message showing himself making a gun gesture, liked her social media posts, and made phone calls, causing her to fear for her life and describing the period as 'hell'. This was an escalation of prior abusive behaviour.

Alex Rooney, 27, of High Street, Hull, deliberately used a can of deodorant to spray flames in the Tesco store in King Edward Street, Hull city centre, on July 13, causing panic and alarm. He directed the flames towards police officers and staff, forcing customers to evacuate through the fire escape. His actions were a deliberate attempt to get arrested and sent back to prison amid his struggles with drug addiction and heavy drinking. He has previous convictions for assaulting an emergency worker, non-domestic burglary, and theft.

Neil Spencer was involved in smashing a window of an unoccupied property on Goddard Avenue in west Hull, where a cannabis factory was found. He fled in a van with false number plates, which contained two sawn-off shotguns and a large amount of live ammunition. One shotgun had spent cartridges and was in a fixed firing position. Spencer was pursued by police, caught by a police dog in a graveyard, and the van was searched. The incident occurred on April 17, and Spencer was travelling from Doncaster to Hull for criminal purposes.

On March 12, Luke Yeaman attacked a man in the Wawne Ferry pub in Bransholme. He pushed the victim off a bar stool in an unprovoked manner, repeatedly punched him to the head, kicked him in the face, stamped on his head, dragged him by his feet, and hit him with a bar stool. The victim suffered bruises to the front and back of his head.

Liam McKenzie engaged in controlling and coercive behaviour towards his girlfriend from June 1, 2022, to January 8, 2025, making her life a misery by accusing her of infidelity, monitoring her activities, forcing her to change her behaviour including stopping makeup and certain clothes, screaming, shouting, throwing objects, and going through her phone. On January 5, 2025, he caused criminal damage to equipment in her beauty business after she left him. The relationship began via Facebook in May-June 2022; he moved into her flat and worked at a gym where jealousy escalated. She recorded incidents. On October 12, 2025, he deliberately breached the restraining order by being in her house during an ongoing incident.

Carl Dunn participated in public disorder and arson in Hull city centre on August 3, 2024, where he threw wood onto a makeshift fire in the Spring Bank area and tyres onto an existing fire in the Milky Way area. This contributed to scenes of violence that caused fear, distress, and health risks to families, including children, who were affected by smoke and fumes.

Luke Sproxton participated in violent disorder on August 3, gathering outside the Royal Hotel in Ferensway, where asylum seekers were housed. He approached a police cordon, shouted and gesticulated at officers, pushed against a riot shield, threw a large metal fence towards the police, and kicked a riot shield in Jameson Street. He was an active and persistent participant, inciting others, as part of 12 hours of widespread mob violence involving racist chanting and attacks on police.

Kirsty Bennett, a 29-year-old mother-of-one and qualified beauty therapist from Marfleet Lane, east Hull, participated in a riot in Hull city centre on August 3, 2024. She joined a crowd outside the Royal Hotel in Ferensway, where asylum seekers were housed, and threw missiles, including what appeared to be a toilet roll, at police. She also became one of the first looters to enter the O2 store in Jameson Street around 6.30pm, stealing mobile phone cases with the intention of selling them to fund her crack cocaine addiction. This caused significant damage to the store, estimated at over £30,000, and contributed to a police operation costing about £270,000.

Liam Seaward, while drinking at the Tribal Bar and Grill in Kingswood, Hull on May 31, accused another man of looking at his girlfriend, refused to be placated, and punched him, causing multiple fractures including a broken left eye socket and nose, leading to significant bruising and the need for surgery, with possible further surgery required.

Michael Dennett drove a Mercedes van at high speed to evade police on April 14, overtaking a car while a lorry approached head-on, forcing the lorry to take evasive action. He ignored police signals, drove on the wrong side of the road, passed through red lights at about 90mph in a 30mph zone, entered a one-way street incorrectly, and sped through a pedestrianised area in Beverley town centre before abandoning the van and attempting to flee on foot. The incident spanned multiple locations, including Wawne Road and Bude Road in Bransholme, the A1079, and various streets in Beverley.

Jack Dawson participated in violent disorder on August 3 in Hull city centre, throwing missiles at police officers during protests sparked by events in Southport. He was part of a large group outside the Royal Hotel, where asylum seekers were housed, and was seen advancing towards officers and throwing stones towards a police van and officers on Ferensway and Spring Bank.

George Walkington participated in violent disorder in Hull city centre on August 3, 2024, during widespread riots. He was in the thick of the crowd, threw bricks at police officers, used his orange top as a makeshift balaclava, and was present while others attempted to force entry into buildings like Greggs and targeted the Royal Hotel, which was housing foreign nationals. He was identified through body-worn camera footage, social media, and a national database, and handed himself in on October 15, denying intent to harm.