Warwick Crown Court Sentencing Results

Mark Summerton, a bus driver of Izod Road, Rugby, had indecent images of children and extreme pornography on his computer. Police executed a warrant at his home in June of the previous year, seizing his Packard Bell computer tower and a separate hard drive. Officers found movies and still images of children being sexually abused, and movies involving animals. The images were obtained using a peer-to-peer file-sharing website. Summerton pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children and one of possessing extreme pornography. He initially claimed he acted out of curiosity but later admitted partial sexual gratification.

Krzysztof Stanczyk was involved in a large scale cannabis factory at a home on Howkins Road, Brownsover, Rugby. In February, police raided the property and discovered a large scale drugs factory with evidence of a recently harvested cannabis crop, growing equipment, dried Skunk type cannabis with a potential street value of around £3,000, and £1,500 in cash. He was sentenced on October 5, 2015.

In May 2017, police officers went to Neil Callan's home in Rugby and seized his Amazon Fire tablet, which was displaying a prohibited 3D computer-generated image of children engaging in sexual acts. Officers found a total of 55 similar computer-generated stills and movies, as well as 15 images of real children, including two at the highest seriousness level. Callan's internet history revealed searches for websites with 'paedo' in their names and terms such as '3D toddlers' and 'underground ped.' He admitted possessing indecent images but claimed he had stumbled upon them while seeking adult pornography. He had been investigated in 2014 over internet searches and received a warning but was not charged at that time.

Ian McCauley used peer-to-peer software to download a video of a baby girl being raped and other indecent images of children. Police traced the distribution to his IP address and executed a warrant at his home, where his computer was seized. Officers found 45 category A movies showing children subjected to penetrative sex acts, 7 category B images, and 87 category C images. He made full admissions in interview.

Jamal King was involved in a mass brawl outside the Midas Lounge nightclub in Church Street, Rugby in November 2015 around 4:30am. He delivered a blow that knocked one person unconscious during the affray.

James Brown deliberately started a fire in his flat in the early hours of August 10 and left without attempting to extinguish it or warn people in neighbouring properties. CCTV footage showed flames clearly visible behind him as he left. Firefighters believed the fire had been started deliberately, and Brown handed himself in at Nuneaton Police Station. In interview he claimed someone else had started the fire and that he had fled because he was scared for his life. Several disabled people were in the building and would not have been able to escape had the fire spread.

On 30 August 2025, police officers attended a property in Bulkington to arrest Francis Burton on a warrant. A large Presa Canario named Boss, which Burton owned, attacked the officers from behind the property. The dog bit one officer on the right hip, pulling equipment from her belt and leaving bruising, then bit the second officer on the right arm for about five seconds, causing puncture wounds that required hospital treatment and stitches. A man at the property was also bitten on the wrist while attempting to control the dog. Burton said the dog had previously attended two obedience training classes without success and suggested the dog had opened the kitchen door to let himself out.

Grzegorz Klocek was involved in a large scale cannabis factory at a home on Howkins Road, Brownsover, Rugby. In February, police raided the property and discovered a large scale drugs factory with evidence of a recently harvested cannabis crop, growing equipment, dried Skunk type cannabis with a potential street value of around £3,000, and £1,500 in cash. He was sentenced on October 5, 2015.

Alasdair Wilcoxson was involved in a mass brawl outside the Midas Lounge nightclub in Church Street, Rugby in November 2015 around 4:30am. CCTV showed him playing a prominent part as the fighting spread across the street, and he delivered blows to other people.

Damon Edwards, 30, of Buchannan Road, Rugby, operated a cannabis factory with his aunt Kerrianne Cole at a rented house in Thomson Close, Rugby. Police raided his flat in April 2016 and found £3,715 in cash, digital scales, plastic zip bags, an energy bill for the Thomson Close property, a prepayment top-up key, an air filter, piping, and a leaflet about cannabis-growing. At the house, which Cole had rented in October 2015, officers found 69 cannabis plants in various stages of growth, growing equipment, and evidence of a previous harvest, with an estimated street value of up to £39,000. CCTV showed Edwards making a purchase linked to the factory. He was jailed for three years after a Newton hearing where his account of minimal involvement was rejected.

Daniel Michael, a 21-year-old from Guernsey Drive, Smiths Wood, led police on a ten-minute high-speed chase through Castle Bromwich, Water Orton, and Coleshill. He drove a Fiesta at speeds up to 70mph in a 40mph zone, over speed bumps on residential streets at more than 50mph, mounted verges to pass cars, overtook in the face of oncoming traffic, ignored red lights including at a major traffic island where he went the wrong way round it, and straight over mini-roundabouts. He crashed into a low fence across a grassed area, fled on foot but was caught and arrested. He had bought the car two or three weeks earlier and had no insurance or licence.