Warwick Crown Court Sentencing Results

Raminder Uppal repeatedly contacted his former wife via social media and messaging after their divorce despite her making clear she wanted no contact. On 17 July 2025 he used a different Instagram account to reach her after being blocked, sent an explicit photograph of himself and telephoned her. On 5 November 2025 he sent a lengthy email begging to meet. His messages included abuse and a warning that 'the most high will make sure you all suffer'. The victim said his conduct made her anxious and frightened and changed how she went about daily life.

Jay Bennett was wanted when he was seen at a gym in Coventry on 24 March. When armed officers attempted to stop him, he tried to ram into them and their vehicles. Officers were able to stop and arrest him for multiple offences including dangerous driving and absconding from prison.

In February 2026, Muhammed Peer and Mohammed Habibi were involved in an attack on a shopkeeper at a shop in Holbrooks, Coventry, after anonymous callers threatened the shopkeeper over claims he owed £5,000 and made threats to burn the building down. Peer sent a message identifying the shop. Habibi entered the shop wearing a face covering while Peer waited nearby; the shopkeeper was punched and forced outside before being stabbed several times with a screwdriver. Phone records showed Habibi had been in contact with another man who arranged for the pair to carry out the threats.

Abed Hussain, a former sports coach, sexually abused a boy in his early teens on three separate occasions in 1993 while in a position of authority. The victim reported the abuse to police more than 30 years later after seeing Hussain in a supermarket. Hussain denied wrongdoing but was convicted of nine counts: four of gross indecency with a boy under 14, four of indecent assault on a boy under 14, and one of committing buggery with a boy under 16.

Richard Stevenson discussed detailed plans to abuse children with a person he met through an online forum, but that person was actually an undercover police officer. He described wanting a 'partner' to participate in the abuse and sent the officer videos depicting child sexual abuse. He was arrested while sitting in a van in Coventry on 2 May 2026. No real child was offered to Stevenson.

Hutchinson helped to destroy and dispose of a stolen vehicle that had been used in a fatal attack at a Coventry petrol station on 31 March 2020. The vehicle was later found burned out, but CCTV evidence showed his involvement.

Harrison exploited a vulnerable man and his girlfriend after offering them accommodation when they were homeless. The victim was forced to work six to seven hours a day for a skip hire business for as little as £20, while Harrison controlled the couple's bank cards and took their benefits, pension payments and other income. Harrison used their money to fund holidays in Spain and gave them only small amounts back. The couple lived for more than three years in a wooden shed with no windows, running water, toilet or shower facilities. Harrison repeatedly assaulted the victim, including punching and kicking him and leaving him with cracked ribs, and verbally abused him. The victim said he could not stop crying and was constantly looking over his shoulder.

James Ringrose operated as an illegal money lender in Coventry between 2016 and July 2024, lending thousands of pounds to workmates and other borrowers and charging exorbitant interest rates. He pressured borrowers to repay him, including making phone calls, visiting a borrower's workplace, demanding bank statements and wage slips, entering a borrower's home without permission, and following and shouting at a borrower in the street. Some borrowers were left distraught and suicidal. He used some of the proceeds to fund a house extension and cosmetic procedures.

Paul Mott stole £75 worth of steaks from the Radford Road Sainsbury's in Leamington Spa on 30 June, hours after receiving a Criminal Behaviour Order and a 12-week suspended sentence for previous shoplifting offences. The theft was captured on CCTV. Warwick Crown Court heard he had repeatedly targeted the same store and staff had been left concerned for their safety.

Demetrious Nickoloau drove dangerously in Coventry and Nuneaton with a young child in the rear seat. After officers in a marked police car saw him go through a red light, he failed to stop and reached speeds of up to 75mph in a 30mph zone, went through further red lights and drove on the pavement. He was boxed in on the A444 towards Coventry, attempted to ram his way out but was arrested at 1.11pm. Officers found a young child in the back seat; the driver failed to provide a drug test and the car was on false plates. He was also driving while disqualified and without insurance.

John Elam was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements. He admitted five offences involving failing to register electronic devices and deleting messages. On May 29 he attended Coventry Central Police Station but left without completing the required forms, returned on June 12 and again failed to fill them in, and later completed documents on June 23 but at the wrong time, breaching notification requirements. He produced an unregistered Samsung tablet in June and an unregistered TCL mobile phone in July. Police seized another unregistered Alcatel mobile phone when they searched his home on July 29. He had deleted messages and emails despite being prohibited from doing so.

Daniel Whyte repeatedly harassed and assaulted his former partner after their relationship ended. On 15 June 2026 he forcefully grabbed her wrists, causing minor injuries, and rode a motorcycle dangerously. On 18 July 2026 he visited her home, grabbed her by the neck and applied pressure. Some of the incidents took place in front of young children, which the court described as particularly troubling. The victim suffered distress and her emotional wellbeing was affected.

Christopher Trezise was jailed after police seized multiple devices when work by the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team found he had been potentially distributing indecent images online. Forensic analysis revealed he was an active member of online networks and forums and regularly talked about abusing children and babies. He had more than 1,000 illegal images on his devices, had been sexually communicating with a child, and arranged to meet another offender to sexually abuse another child. He admitted arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, making and distributing indecent images of children, possessing extreme pornographic images, and engaging in sexual communication with a child.

James Galbraith senior, aged 49, was involved in conspiring to pervert the course of justice following the stabbing attack at The Griff caravan site in Nuneaton on 9 May 2025, where a man was stabbed several times by members of the Galbraith family.

Thomas McDonagh, aged 54, was involved in conspiring to pervert the course of justice following the stabbing attack at The Griff caravan site in Nuneaton on 9 May 2025, where a man was stabbed several times by members of the Galbraith family.