Creating waves on a jet-ski
Feb 15 2005 By Ross Smith, The Journal
Police welcome orders on attack gang
Police last night welcomed anti-social behaviour orders imposed on six attackers who left a Metro passenger unconscious in the street.
Michael Gregg, 21, was targeted by the gang as he arrived at Whitley Bay Station to return home after an evening out last September. Fearing trouble, he fled the station pursued by the group and was deliberately tripped up and repeatedly kicked and stamped on, even as he lay unconscious on the ground.
The incident, captured on CCTV cameras, was witnessed by a student who told detectives she felt "physically sick" by what she saw, Newcastle Crown Court heard. Brothers John Mason, 22, Christopher Mason, 18, and Carl Mason, 16, of Avon Avenue, North Shields, each admitted a joint offence of assault. Kyla Conley, 17, of Henry Street, Darren Robertson, 16, of Waterville Road, both North Shields, and Alan Elliott, 16, of Croft Avenue, Stanley, also admitted the offence.
John Mason was jailed for 15 months and also ordered to serve 11 months outstanding from a previous jail term. Christopher Mason was sent to a young offenders' institution for 12 months and Carl Mason given six months detention and training.
Elliott - already serving 18 months detention for robbery - was given a consecutive four months custody, Conley was sentenced to eight months detention and Robertson - who pleaded guilty on the basis he tripped Mr Gregg up but took no part in the assault itself - to six months detention and ordered to serve four months from an earlier sentence.
All six were made the subject of a three-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order by Judge Maurice Carr, who branded their conduct "entirely unacceptable".
Speaking after the case, PC Angela Wingate said: "These six individuals are not the sort of persons we want visiting Whitley Bay or using the Metro system.
"Exclusion under the terms of the ASBO is a consequence of their own actions and anyone who conducts themselves in the same disorderly way may well face the same."
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