Kingston Upon Hull Crown Court Sentencing Results

Michael Warchol engaged in online conversations with decoy profiles posing as 12- and 14-year-old girls between December 2 and 19 of the previous year. He sent explicit messages, intimate pictures, and videos via platforms like Kik and Snapchat, despite being informed of their ages. He requested images of the girls, asked about sexual activity, and attempted to arrange video calls for sexual purposes. This breached a previous sexual harm prevention order issued on December 21, 2023. He was arrested on January 14 and March 11, with multiple mobile phones found in his possession.

Jack Towle repeatedly made off without paying for petrol at various stations, stealing a total of £269.14 worth of fuel on three occasions while disqualified from driving. The offences occurred on March 31, April 6, and April 26, 2024. He was identified from CCTV footage and was later spotted as a passenger in a stolen Land Rover Discovery with mismatched registration plates near the Humber Bridge on May 10, 2024.

On March 2, 2025, Lee Carmichael stole a blue Renault Clio that was left running in Beverley Road, Hull, after 10pm. He drove off, hitting the owner and causing damage to the vehicle's headlight, radiator, front bumper, front wing, and windscreen. He then drove recklessly, overtaking numerous vehicles at speed on the wrong side of the road, and crashed head-on into a BMW at the intersection of Newland Avenue and Queens Road while attempting to negotiate a bend.

Bombarded a woman with 222 telephone calls between July 1 and November 20, 2024, attacked her car with a chisel while she was inside, and threatened to beat her black and blue and stab her family member, leaving her terrified.

Smuggled a block of cannabis worth £3,350 and tablets worth £650 hidden in her skirt during a prison visit on March 28, 2024, promised free private dental treatment worth £500 as reward.

Played a leading role in 12 hours of racist, hate-fuelled mob violence in Hull city centre on August 3, 2024, sparked by murders in Southport. Involved in riots, arson, and looting, including damage to a BMW with terrified occupants, burglary at O2 and Greggs stores, and arson at Shoezone.

Travelled two hours to Hull, leaving his wedding ring in his car, to meet a 'gorgeous' 12-year-old girl he fancied after exchanging intimate messages. The girl was a police decoy; he was arrested outside a cafe near the railway station on May 28, 2024.

Distributed sickening images of children to 374 members of internet groups and exchanged intimate messages with a decoy 13-year-old girl between April 20 and May 4, 2023. Boasted that young girls 'turn me on so much' and had a large collection of indecent images.

On 24 October 2024, David Salter entered the One Stop shop in Marfleet Lane, east Hull, and grabbed a bottle of bleach from a shelf. He chased a member of staff and sprayed bleach towards him, continuing to squirt bleach around the store and causing £138 worth of damage to stock. Some bleach splashed onto the staff member's shoulder. Salter also admitted possessing a knuckle duster as an offensive weapon in a private place and possessing cannabis on 29 October 2024.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Member of an organised crime group responsible for at least 13 robberies at EE mobile phone shops across London between September and November 2024. The group used threats of violence to force staff to open secure stock rooms, stealing high-value mobile phones and devices worth £240,000 in total. Identified through CCTV, forensic evidence, DNA, call data, and vehicle records. Arrested during preparation for further offences on 19 November 2024 in Kilburn.

Tiffany Archer, 31, of Eastfield, Scarborough, was linked to the possession of criminal property derived from a county lines drug dealing operation. She and her partner lived a lavish lifestyle funded by criminal proceeds, including high-end designer clothing, watches, and other luxury items, with no legitimate source of income. She was arrested on September 25, 2023, at the same address as her partner.

James Gordon, a 66-year-old property landlord from Withernwick Road, Great Hatfield, near Hornsea, and Anlaby Road, west Hull, owned premises used as three separate sophisticated cannabis factories discovered on January 12, July 21, and December 23, 2020, containing 137, 451, and 184 cannabis plants respectively, with a total wholesale value exceeding £500,000. Electricity was bypassed in each setup. On October 5, 2020, he was stopped driving a minibus at a UK control zone in Coquelles, France, with 10 illegal Albanian immigrants hidden inside, intended to work in cannabis factories; £12,000 payments were made to his accounts. He denied involvement but was convicted.

On January 1, 2024, during New Year's festivities in Bridlington, Michael Charlton, 48, suffocated his girlfriend with a pillow after an argument, dragged her out of the house in her underwear, and slammed the door. She hid in the garden shed, but he forced entry with a crowbar and strangled her, causing her to fear for her life. He continued stalking her until March 1, 2024, breaching bail by contacting her and ambushing her at work, leading her to quit her job and change her life drastically.

On March 11, 2024, at the Pier Hotel on Seaside Road in Withernsea, Darren Moverley, 44, of Withernsea, was involved in a violent incident after drinking with his brother. A heated argument between two other men led to one being struck; Moverley and his brother initially acted as peacemakers. When a man, 43, intervened to check on his friend, he argued with Moverley, leading to grappling. After the incident inside, Moverley was ejected and hit another man on the street, causing a fractured eye socket. The events were captured on CCTV.

John Honey was actively involved in the riots on August 3, 2024, in Hull, which were sparked by an anti-immigration rally and involved racist violence. He attacked a car by yanking open the passenger door and kicking it, threw missiles at police, smashed the window of a phone shop and entered it, and looted a Lush store, emerging with stolen gift boxes which he handed out to the crowd while wishing them 'Merry Christmas'.

David Wilkinson participated in the riots on August 3, 2024, in Hull, which involved racist hate-fuelled mob violence. He wielded a chain to smash the windscreen of a car occupied by three Romanian men, attacked police officers elsewhere in the city centre, spat at them, and attempted to set alight a wheelie bin outside a garage where a family with young children was hiding amid cries of 'Kill them' and dense smoke from burning tyres.

John Nunan, 36, of east Hull, was involved in the disorder in Ferensway on August 3, 2024, where he picked up a police riot shield, mockingly crouched behind it, threw multiple missiles at police, and pushed a bin towards them.

Travis Whitelock, 23, of west Hull, participated in the disorder on August 3, 2024, by covering his face with a grey balaclava, throwing missiles at police, pushing a burning bin towards them, and kicking a moving police van.

Steven Love, 41, of west Hull, participated in the violence in Ferensway on August 3, 2024, by hurling a blue wheelie bin at police, charging at them, and throwing missiles.

Corey Holloway, of Scunthorpe, was involved in the riots on August 3, 2024, where he acted violently and aggressively towards police, threw a traffic cone at them, and propelled a refuse container towards police officers. He will spend his 21st birthday in a Young Offenders' Institution.