Kirklees (Huddersfield) Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Paedophile David Hill murdered 77-year-old Kurt Giwisser in Huddersfield on February 21, 2023, due to a grudge over a returned paintbrush; intoxicated, Hill forced entry, kicked and punched Kurt, threatening to kill him; Kurt died in April 2023 from complications after hospital treatment.

On July 17, 2024, at about 3.30pm on Tenth Avenue, Windybank estate, in Cleckheaton, Jemma Hampton's Perro de Presa Canario dog jumped over a fence from her garden and mauled 15-year-old Kobie Pollard as he walked to visit his grandma. The dog initially went for his face, but Kobie protected himself with his hands, resulting in severe injuries to his right hand, including a crushed bone and exposed tendon. The dog was subsequently destroyed.

Former footballer Lucas Akins caused the death of Adrian Daniel in a 2022 crash in Netherton while driving his daughters to a piano lesson; he failed to spot Mr Daniel, who was wearing a helmet camera, when turning from Crosland Factory Road onto Huddersfield Road, resulting in a catastrophic head injury.

Alfie Franco murdered 16-year-old Syrian refugee Ahmad Mamdouh al Ibrahim in Huddersfield town centre on April 3, 2025, by stabbing him in the neck after Ahmad brushed past Franco's then-partner; Franco had taken ketamine and cocaine, had an interest in knives, and filmed himself en route.

Asif Ali, 56, from Batley, failed to appear at court in December 2023 when on trial for non-recent sexual offences, including 14 counts of rape. He fled the UK with assistance from others before the trial. He was tried and convicted in his absence.

Jacinta and Samuel Hunter operated a waste site on Queens Mill Road in Huddersfield in breach of environmental permits, storing huge piles of shredded and rotting waste against broken fences, posing pollution and fire risks. Despite EA inspections in 2015-2016, orders to move waste and repair fences, and warnings from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, no improvements were made. The site fire in 2016 caused extensive issues for fire services, council, and EA, costing taxpayers over £1 million.

Samuel Hunter, operating through Hunter Group and Huddersfield Skip Services, illegally stored and dumped mixed waste including treated and untreated wood, plastics, and construction waste on disused land near Bridge Road in Horbury. Inspections from October 2014 to January 2015 showed ongoing breaches, with waste buried in the ground causing contamination with plastics, glass, and other materials. He avoided £4,120 in permitting fees and £5,148 in surfacing costs to prevent pollution.