Mark Naylor

David Patterson, 53, admitted assaulting emergency workers during health checks at his Hull bungalow and handling two stolen mopeds. Paramedics believed he had pointed a firearm at them, while police said he resisted arrest and attempted to bite an officer. The mopeds, worth £4,000 and £2,500, were recovered. Patterson, who has 71 previous convictions, received 15 days of rehabilitation after spending about a month on remand.

Four people admitted affray after a violent incident outside and inside a Bridlington pub on November 5, 2023. Prosecutors said Zoe Temple and Natalie Burgin helped provoke confrontations, while Robert Hearn assaulted Thomas Manson, who retaliated with multiple punches and kicks. Hearn suffered bruising and a fractured eye socket. Temple and Burgin received rehabilitation requirements, while Manson and Hearn received two-year conditional discharges. The judge condemned the group’s drunken violence and urged them to walk away from trouble.

Taxi driver feared he would be shot after Dominic Trynka-Watson pointed a Remington Thunder air rifle at him outside a home near Pocklington after refusing to pay a £26.80 fare. The driver fled and later reported shock, nightmares and fears that he was being followed. Trynka-Watson admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, telling police he had been drinking heavily. Hull Crown Court imposed a 15-month suspended prison sentence, 200 hours of unpaid work, rehabilitation requirements, £500 compensation, £61 for lost work and a victims’ surcharge; the air rifle will be destroyed.

George Mulligan, 20, admitted possessing cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply, as well as possessing Pregabalin and a lock knife. Plainclothes officers became suspicious after seeing him ride an electric motorcycle while wearing a balaclava and perform a wheelie in Hull; he tried to flee when confronted in a vape shop. Police found crack cocaine, cannabis, cash, phones and a knife, while a home search uncovered Pregabalin. The court heard that Mulligan was spending £250 a day on cocaine and supplied drugs to fund his addiction and debts. He received a two-year-and-eight-month suspended custodial sentence, rehabilitation requirements and forfeiture of £70 to a Hull boxing charity, with a warning that any further offending would result in imprisonment.

Mehmet Gundez, 24, appeared at Hull Crown Court charged with murdering 25-year-old Ibrahim Yesildeniz after a reported stabbing in Bridlington on August 10. Gundez was remanded in custody without a bail application, with a psychiatric report ordered. The case will return to court on September 28, and a possible trial date has been set for November 23.

Mason Senior was jailed for five years as a dangerous offender, with a further three years on extended licence, after admitting kidnapping and robbery in Hornsea and separate violent offences in Leeds and Hull. James Kershaw received a three-year sentence for his role in restraining the victim during the robbery. The victim was punched, held down and forced to provide his phone PIN and arrange for money to be taken from his home before escaping and seeking help.

Simon Clayden, 57, received an eight-month suspended prison sentence and 15 days of rehabilitation after admitting that he breached a sexual harm prevention order by using an unregistered internet-enabled device. The order followed his earlier conviction for attempting to communicate sexually with a child, attempting to incite sexual activity and possessing indecent images of children. Clayden had previously received a suspended sentence and a 10-year order after sending explicit messages to a police decoy posing as a 13-year-old girl. He was warned that any further offences could result in imprisonment and was ordered to pay £150 in costs.

Stephen Fraser and Tyler Cousins admitted possessing cocaine, cannabis, Zopiclone, buprenorphine and pregabalin with intent to supply. Police stopped their uninsured Ford Focus on the M18 and found drug-filled tennis balls, potatoes used to test firing distance, a two-metre catapult and messages discussing launching the drugs into prison grounds. Fraser, a repeat Class A drug offender, was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison, while Cousins received a two-year suspended sentence and rehabilitation requirements. The case also noted Fraser's previous cannabis offence, for which he had narrowly avoided imprisonment.

Kai Marsh was jailed for eight months, with a consecutive 12 weeks for breaching a suspended sentence, after attacking his girlfriend following an England World Cup match in Beverley. He pushed her, smashed the window of her locked car with garden furniture, pulled her hair, took her phone and later returned to issue threats while throwing objects at the house. Marsh, who admitted assault causing actual bodily harm and criminal damage, had 35 previous convictions and a history of drug and alcohol addiction. The court also considered his earlier driving and assault offences, for which he had received a suspended sentence.

Ryan Richardson, 20, was sentenced at Hull Crown Court to two years and eight months in a young offenders' institution after admitting causing the death of a 68-year-old motorist by dangerous driving on the M62. Richardson was travelling at 59mph when he became distracted while using Spotify to rewind a song and failed to notice stationary traffic caused by roadworks. The victim's wife and daughter described their lifelong grief and the loss of a beloved husband and father. The judge acknowledged Richardson's genuine remorse but said his avoidable distraction had caused devastating consequences. Richardson was also banned from driving for six years and must pass an extended retest.

A 75-year-old cyclist suffered a fractured jaw, broken nose and the loss of two lower teeth after Lee Kerrison repeatedly punched him during a confrontation near a cycle-path gate in Hull. The attack was recorded on the cyclist's helmet cameras, and the victim said he feared it would be his last day. Kerrison, who had 45 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and was sentenced at Hull Crown Court to 18 months in prison. His barrister highlighted his early guilty plea and remorse, while the prosecution described the attack as prolonged and persistent.

Christopher Fletcher, 40, of Hull, was jailed for 20 months after admitting to stalking a former partner over a two-week period. He sent her more than 150 unwanted messages and made repeated threats, including warnings that she would not survive if she failed to meet him and that he would become “the next Raoul Moat.” Fletcher had 22 previous convictions and was already subject to a suspended prison sentence and a restraining order for earlier threats to kill another woman. Hull Crown Court imposed a consecutive 18-month term for breaching that sentence, a five-year restraining order and a £154 victims’ surcharge.

Sonnie Stow, 27, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after admitting threatening a woman with knives, causing criminal damage, affray and escaping lawful custody. He confronted the woman in her bedroom in Hull, held a knife to her throat and later damaged her door. After being arrested by British Transport Police at St Pancras International while attempting to board a Eurostar service to Paris, Stow escaped from a police van at Peterborough Services, injuring a female officer and fleeing onto the A1. He was recaptured after hiding beneath an HGV. The court heard that he had 65 previous convictions, including violent offences and attempted robbery.

Jordan Sadler, 34, pleaded guilty to stalking his former girlfriend in Beverley between June 1 and 28, 2024. He repeatedly contacted her, appeared at her workplace and gym, followed or confronted her in public, and caused her to feel unsafe and suffer negative effects on her mental health. Sadler had a previous stalking conviction and had breached a restraining order. Hull Crown Court sentenced him to 16 months in prison and imposed a five-year restraining order.

Joshua Archer, 33, of west Hull, changed his pleas to guilty to two sexual assault charges after his trial had begun and after the victim’s video interview had been shown to the jury. The court heard that he touched the woman intimately without her consent, leaving her shocked and disgusted. Hull Crown Court imposed a one-year suspended prison sentence, 15 days of rehabilitation, a 10-year sex-offender registration requirement and a £149 victims’ surcharge.

Barry Richards, 51, admitted theft and harassment after repeatedly visiting an 83-year-old Hull woman’s home to demand money, sometimes late at night and while preventing her from closing the door. The woman, who lived alone and had early-stage dementia, gave him money despite feeling frightened and financially struggling. Her family alerted police and discovered that about £400 was outstanding. Richards, who had 84 previous convictions and a drug problem, was sentenced at Hull Crown Court to 15 months in prison and given a five-year restraining order banning contact with the woman or visits to her home.

Four men—Benjamin Jones-Young, Alfie Green, Chiratcha Sripheng and Harley Smith—admitted affray after targeting and attacking two men outside a Hull nightclub in September 2024. One victim suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain, while both experienced significant physical and psychological effects. Despite initially considering immediate imprisonment, Deputy Circuit Judge Timothy Clayson imposed 18-month suspended custodial sentences on each defendant, along with 200 hours of unpaid work, five days of rehabilitation and a £187 victims’ surcharge, citing early guilty pleas, remorse, positive reports and limited serious criminal histories.

Regan Murray, a Hull drug wholesaler jailed for 10 years and nine months, was assessed to have benefited by £195,938 from supplying cocaine and ketamine. Hull Crown Court ordered him to pay £79,365 within three months or serve an additional nine-month sentence, while retaining the debt. Police had seized £38,000 in cash, cocaine, designer clothing and luxury watches, including a £17,000 Rolex. His accomplice Rhys Bunce, who was jailed for supplying heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, faces a further hearing because his proceeds-of-crime figures remain unresolved.

Hull Crown Court heard that former Legacy Independent Funeral Directors owner Robert Bush committed 67 offences over periods ranging from several years to nearly 12 years. The charges include preventing the lawful and decent burial of 30 people, falsely representing how ashes were handled, fraudulent trading involving 226 victims and £562,117, fraud involving additional ashes and foetal remains, and stealing more than £5,000 from 12 charities. Police discovered numerous bodies in varying states of decomposition at Legacy's Hessle Road premises in March 2024 after other funeral directors were alerted by a worker. Evidence also included neglected personal belongings and disputed identification records. Bush, who had initially denied some charges, changed his pleas to guilty on 31 charges, including all 30 burial-related offences and charity theft; he had already admitted the fraud-related charges. The sentencing hearing is continuing, and he was remanded in custody after arriving on bail.

Hersh Khuashid and Mahmoud Jadir admitted burgling a storage unit in Willerby after allegedly obtaining its entrance PIN by overhearing it being shouted to a delivery driver. The men used an angle grinder to cut through an interior door, but no property was taken. CCTV later helped identify them, and both received suspended prison sentences; Khuashid was also ordered to complete unpaid work, observe a curfew and undergo monitoring and rehabilitation.

James Moore was given a one-year suspended prison sentence, unpaid work, rehabilitation and a 120-day alcohol abstinence monitoring order after repeatedly punching a man at a Hull pub, causing fractures to his eye socket, jaw and cheek. Judge Richard Woolfall warned that the highly sensitive tag could detect even alcohol in a sherry trifle, and ordered Moore to pay £1,400 compensation. His girlfriend, Rachael Murray, admitted pinning and pushing the victim’s seven-months-pregnant partner and was ordered to complete 50 hours of unpaid work. The judge criticised both defendants’ drunken behaviour at a family event attended by children.

A man previously barred from a Pocklington pub waited in a bush and lunged at the landlord with a knife after throwing stones to draw him outside. The landlord disarmed and restrained him with help from others before police arrived. The defendant, who expressed remorse and had few prior convictions, admitted affray and possessing a blade. The judge deemed the knife attack extremely dangerous and imposed a 13‑month prison sentence.

A repeat offender, Gary Awty, admitted burglaries at two stalls in Hull’s St Stephen’s shopping centre, stealing 48 mobile phones and more than £7,000 in cash. CCTV led to his identification and arrest after initially denying involvement. With 172 prior offences, he received a sentence of two years and four months. His lawyer said he turned to drugs after a family bereavement and had shown remorse while on remand.

Three people involved in importing and supplying Pregabalin from India received suspended sentences after Hull Crown Court heard they operated a fast‑growing drug distribution scheme. Christopher Gamble arranged the imports, Stacey Hilton managed onward supply, and Jade Gnocchi stored drugs and proceeds. Police searches uncovered large quantities of tablets and nearly £3,000 in cash. The judge noted the scale of the operation but imposed non‑custodial sentences due to the drugs being Class C and the defendants’ mitigating circumstances.

Christopher Chester, a repeat offender with over 100 previous convictions, received a warning at Hull Crown Court that continued drug misuse and offending could lead to a lengthy prison term. He admitted handling a stolen iPhone found in his bedroom during a police search, claiming he believed it belonged to a relative. Defence argued his drug issues could be managed in the community, and the court opted for rehabilitation over custody. Chester was sentenced to six months of drug rehabilitation and additional supervision, with the judge stressing that further offending would likely result in prison.

A homeowner confronted and detained burglar Trevor Sheldrake after spotting him inside his Hull home wearing a hi‑viz jacket and balaclava. Sheldrake had entered through an unlocked patio door and stolen a purse. He later admitted burglary, with the court hearing that his past offences dated back decades. The judge highlighted the distress caused to the victim’s family and sentenced Sheldrake to a two‑year suspended prison term, a five‑month monitoring order, 20 days of rehabilitation, and a £100 fine for breaching a previous suspended sentence.

A series of serious criminal cases heard at Hull and Grimsby Crown Courts in June resulted in multiple offenders receiving prison sentences for violent attacks, sexual offences, threats to kill, burglaries, drug dealing, and assaults on emergency workers. Sentences ranged from months to more than 20 years, with several offenders classified as dangerous or repeat criminals. Many cases involved vulnerable victims, addiction issues, or long histories of offending, and several offenders were given lifetime or long-term restraining or monitoring orders.

A convicted sex offender, Robert Jones, also known as Richard Lister, was jailed for one year after repeatedly breaching a sexual harm prevention order by concealing his past while spending extended periods around children in Bridlington. His violations continued for over a year, despite a suspended sentence and monitoring measures imposed earlier. The breaches came to light after a woman discovered his offender status through a social media post and alerted police. The court highlighted the persistent nature of the offences and assessed his risk of serious harm to children as high, with the existing prevention order remaining in place until 2029.

Jamie Smith received a three-year nine-month prison sentence and an indefinite restraining order after an eight-year pattern of violent and coercive abuse against his partner, including strangulation, threats to kill, and destroying her property. Prosecutors detailed multiple assaults and threats, while the judge condemned the prolonged catalogue of abuse and its lasting psychological impact. Smith, who has prior convictions, expressed remorse through his defence counsel.

A man who became fixated on a woman and repeatedly claimed they were getting married admitted harassment after months of disturbing behaviour, including accusations, threats and persistent unwanted attention. Held on remand for nine months, he was later granted bail and has since engaged with rehabilitation efforts. The court imposed a community order, 15 rehabilitation days and a five‑year restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim. A victims’ surcharge was also ordered.

A 19‑year‑old man, Morgan Richardson, admitted making three bomb hoax calls that forced evacuations at a Spring Bank barber shop and a McDonald's on Anlaby Road, and prompted a police response to a claimed threat at Hull’s Paragon interchange. Phone box evidence and fingerprints linked him to the incidents, and he offered no comment in interviews. The third call was not acted upon due to the obviously fake voice used. With no previous convictions, he received 20 days of rehabilitation.

A dangerous driving case at Hull Crown Court resulted in a suspended prison sentence and driving ban for Leanne McBeth, who crashed into an Audi at temporary traffic lights before driving through a red light into an oncoming Range Rover, injuring the driver and causing significant damage. She failed to stop at the scene but later handed herself in, expressing remorse. The court criticised her disregard for road rules and suspected impairment. McBeth received a 14‑month suspended sentence, unpaid work, rehabilitation days and a two‑year driving ban with an extended retest requirement.

A prison custody officer, Beverley Frank, received a suspended prison sentence for misconduct after forming a secret relationship with an inmate at HMP Millsike and sending him intimate photographs. The relationship was uncovered through routine monitoring of prisoner communications, which led investigators to match images to Frank. She admitted the wrongdoing when confronted and cooperated with authorities. The court acknowledged her remorse but emphasised the seriousness of breaching professional boundaries in a prison setting. Frank was sentenced to eight months suspended, unpaid work, rehabilitation days, and a ban on contacting the prisoner.