Four men have been jailed following an incident in Carlisle last year which left two people with a fractured pelvis and other injuries.
The four men appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today having pleaded guilty.
The men were ailed for two counts of grievous bodily harm.
They are:
- Craig Metcalfe, 42, of Lightfoot Drive, Carlisle
- Aaron Devaney, 35, of no fixed address
- Nicholas Maxwell, 34, of no fixed address
- Stuart Kendrick, 42, of no fixed address
Metcalfe and Devaney were each jailed for three years and two months, while Maxwell and Kendrick were each jailed for three years and four months.
All four have also been given 10-year criminal behaviour orders.
On October 24 2023 at around 6.10am, Cumbria police received several calls to the report of fighting in the street and a vehicle driving erratically on Gloucester Road in Carlisle.
Officers entered a property on Gloucester Road having heard groaning and found three people with injuries.
It was established that Maxwell had attended the address before leaving shouting abuse at one of the victims, a man. A short time later the same victim received a call from Maxwell asking him to come outside where he was waiting in a vehicle.
Once outside Maxwell started to attack the victim before being joined by others in balaclavas who got out the vehicle knocking over and kicking the victim to the head.
All four then got back into the vehicle driving back and forth repeatedly, knocking the victim to the ground, and then driving over him.
A second victim was then pinned to the alleyway wall by the car as it reversed into her before speeding of into town.
Police then received a call at 8.20am about the vehicle, which was located by officers outside Silloth Street, inside a property officers located Maxwell, Metcalfe, Devaney, and Kendrick who were arrested.
CCTV enquiries conducted at the address showed at approximately 6am that morning four people wearing balaclavas or attempting to cover their face got into a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle used in the incident.
They returned 19 minutes later with CCTV showing blood on Devaney’s hands before all four changed their clothes and left the address.
Detective Constable Emma Barker, of Cumberland CID, said: “This assault left two people with significant injuries, with the suspects using the vehicle as a weapon to cause injury.
“This was clearly a pre-prepared attack intent on causing injury to the victims, with all four preparing for the assault by covering their faces.
“Violence of this nature is unacceptable, and we Cumbria police will do everything we can to make sure those who engage in such acts of violence are brought to justice.”
