Jamie Bird
Assault causing actual bodily harm *
Sentence
9 months imprisonment
Jamie Bird, a drug-addicted career criminal, was confronted by a woman in her mother's back garden in Staveley Road, east Hull, on February 9, where he was lurking with a bag containing stolen items, including shoes, tablets, makeup, and hair curlers. He claimed he was there to collect a bicycle and was holding a garden fork. The house had been broken into, though not by him according to the prosecution. After being challenged, he fled on a bicycle, but the woman followed in her car and confronted him in Freemantle Avenue, leading to a struggle where he pushed her to the ground, causing injury to her thumb, thigh, arm, and back. He was quickly restrained by members of the public, and the stolen items were recovered.
Pleaded guilty to theft on the day of a scheduled trial for burglary. Has 111 previous offences, including assault causing actual bodily harm in 2010 and assaults on police in 2018. Judge noted he was in a 'revolving door' of crime due to drug addiction and warned of serving a life sentence in instalments. Also given a five-year restraining order.