Man jailed over hour-long rampage in village

A man who attacked two people and a number of cars during an hour-long rampage in a Lincolnshire village has been jailed for two years.

Tyler Southerby, 28, was arrested after police were called to reports of a man acting aggressively on 23 May in Kirton, near Boston.

Lincoln Crown Court heard Southerby used a brick to smash the window of a Suzuki car belonging to the Reverend Valerie Ogden, punched a man who tried to intervene, and punched a teenager at a shop.

Southerby, of Hardwick Estate, Kirton, admitted affray, two counts of criminal damage, two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a bladed article.

The court heard Southerby scratched the Suzuki and ripped off a wing mirror, leaving the car unusable.

The man who tried to intervene had his glasses broken and suffered cuts to his fingers.

Southerby also warned another witness: "If you call the police your children will be crying," the court was told.

He threw a bread knife towards a neighbour's house and punched a teenager, leaving him with a split lip and a bleeding nose.

CCTV showed a topless Southerby outside Kirton Medical Centre where he picked up a large boulder and threw it towards another car.

According to another witness, Southerby also chased a 13-year-old girl.

He also admitted causing £100 of damage to a friend's kitchen, where he took the bread knife from.

In a victim impact statement, Ogden said some elderly parishioners were left in tears.

She told the court she would be willing to meet Southerby to discuss his actions towards the community.

In mitigation, Neil Sands told the court Southerby had no recollection of the day due to his cocaine and alcohol addiction, and said he had offered his "unreserved apologies" to those impacted by his behaviour.

Passing sentence, Judge Simon Hirst told Southerby he had "terrified people in the community" for about an hour.

"Your behaviour was witnessed by many members of the public, including parents with young children. Some of those children were crying and shaking with fear.

"Other people who witnessed your behaviour were vulnerable elderly people who were also in tears," he added.

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