Father jailed for revenge attack after teenage son was harassed by youth

Jason Beesley smashed his way into the home of the mother of the alleged culprit, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

The 34-year-old broke the glass in a side door with a truncheon to force entry to the Walsall address, said Miss Sharonjit Bahia, prosecuting.

The mother was so alarmed she pushed a bed across the door to barricade herself in a room with four children aged from two to 16.

She made a desperate call to police as her 16-year-old son tried to shield her from the intruder, who kicked his way into the room while still armed with the baton.

The teenager stood between his mother and Beesley who knocked him to the floor before damaging the teenager’s TV and PlayStation, the court heard.

The attacker then threatened the woman’s youngest daughter with the truncheon and both he and his friend, Anthony Griffiths, warned they would come back and kill them if the police were alerted.

Furious Beesley, who had been drinking, had already grabbed hold of a baby at another nearby property after discovering the youth he believed was responsible for upsetting his son was not there.

He was then collected by Griffiths, who drove him to the second house where he remained downstairs during the bedroom fracas on March 17 last year.

Mr Stephen Cadwaladr, defending Beesley, said: “This was a very unpleasant incident. It is clearly serious when children are put in fear in this way. The trigger was his eldest child being left very frightened after being chased by a son of the woman.

"This was completely out of character for the defendant and he now feels genuine remorse after hearing a recording of the 999 call made by her. He has more than learnt his lesson.”

Father-of-three Beesley, of Monmouth Road, Bentley, admitted affray and was convicted by a jury of assaulting the baby at the property he first visited. He was jailed for 12 months.

Griffiths, who also 30, of Lime Avenue, Bentley, pleaded guilty to affray and received a seven-month jail term suspended for two years with 200 hours’ unpaid work.

Judge Nicholas Webb ordered the teenager, who protected his mother from Beesley, should receive £150 from public funds in recognition of his courage.

The judge then told the defendant: “You had a score to settle with a youth you believed had harassed your son. You had been drinking when you went to the first address where you grabbed the baby.

"Then you and Griffiths went to the second address where you both committed a really nasty affray.”