Moment bin crews attacked by armed thugs as roadside row spirals …
Two bin crews were attacked roadside rows spiralled into violence, it has emerged. Footage from StokeonTrentLive[1] shows the driver of a black Vauxhall Corsa leap from his vehicle and squares up to the crew in Fairhaven Grove, Birches Head.
After punching the workers, the thug then pulls a lollipop man's school crossing patrol sign from his boot and begins to swing at the lorry as it makes its escape. The driver is spotted again with three other men on Birches Head Road, where a different bin wagon is on its rounds.
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They leap from the car and are armed with what appear to be a hatchet, axe, sledgehammer and baton. They run towards the council vehicle, whose crew appear oblivious to what is going on.
The vehicle is quickly set upon, and one member of the bin crew is struck across the body with a baton. As one member of the four-strong gang smashes the windows of the cab, another crew member can be seen being attacked as he falls over a wheelie bin.
The driver of the first bin lorry driver was punched three times through a window during the attack and needed hospital treatment for head, face and foot injuries. Three binmen were injured in the second attack, with one of them needing hospital treatment for facial, head and leg injuries.
A bin lorry and its crew were set upon by a gang brandishing a baton, hatchet and axe
Police later located the Vauxhall Corsa in Kidsgrove and a sledgehammer was found inside. One of the gang was arrested in Suffolk three days after the attack.
- Joe Cordon, aged 27, of Tellwright Street, Burslem, was arrested in Suffolk and later admitted charges of wounding with intent, two counts of assault, two counts of criminal damage, driving a motor vehicle otherwise in accordance with a licence, and driving without insurance;
- Kyle Hilditch, aged 18, of Holbeach Avenue, Bucknall, has admitted two counts of wounding with intent, two counts of conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, and criminal damage;
- Kyle Worthington, aged 19, of Abbey Road, Abbey Hulton, has admitted conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence;
- Jack Spackman, aged 24, of Beverley Drive, Bentilee, has admitted two counts of conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, and criminal damage.
The men are all due to be sentenced on September 13 at Stoke-on-Trent crown court.
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References
- ^ StokeonTrentLive (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Holly Willoughby and Dermot O'Leary lead This Morning on air tributes to 'much-loved' Matty Lock (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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