Street fight breaks out between families wielding studded planks and metal poles
A vigilante family took the law into their own hands in a neighbour’s row, which saw a large group brawl with shocking weapons.
Four members of the Jenkins family got into a fight with brothers Adam Miller and Kristian Thomas, who they believed ‘ransacked’ their home with golf clubs.
A court heard violence flared after brothers Miller and Thomas suspected that family member Corey Jenkins was involved in drug dealing in the Ravenhill suburb of Swansea.
The pair grabbed golf clubs to attack the Jenkins’ family home by smashing the downstairs windows.
The brothers fled to the nearby home of a relative called David Dallimore – but the Jenkins family found them.
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Four members of the family – Paul, Christopher, Corey and Lisa Jenkins – armed themselves with an array of weapons and headed to Mr Dallimore’s house, where ‘large-scale public disorder’ erupted in the street.
The violence was captured on both CCTV and mobile phone footage shown to a court.
Corey Jenkins, 23, brandished a plank of wood ‘studded with nails’ and a metal pole, while Paul Jenkins, 64, carried a hammer and Christopher Jenkins, 45, and Lisa Jenkins, 45, wielded sticks.
During the brawl, Thomas struck a neighbour of the Jenkins family, Kirsty Choi, on the head with a metal pole while she was attending to a member of the Jenkins family who was lying on the ground.
The Jenkins family, all of Ravenhill, Swansea, pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon.
Paul and Christopher Jenkins have previous convictions, while Corey and Lisa Jenkins have no prior criminal history.
Kristian Dale Thomas, 39, of Tudno Place, Penlan, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and been convicted at trial of the unlawful wounding of Miss Choi when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
He was described as possessing an ‘extensive’ criminal record, including handling stolen goods, possession of offensive weapons, affray, and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.
Adam Miller, 34, also of Tudno Place, Penlan, had previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon when he appeared alongside his brother.
Both men were cleared at trial of violent disorder in connection with the Rhodfa’r Brain incident. Mr Dallimore was likewise found not guilty.
Judge Catherine Richards stated that Miller and Thomas had instigated the incident when, ‘wanting to take the law into their own hands’, they descended on the Jenkins’ home and smashed windows.
She noted that the Jenkins family had subsequently armed themselves and engaged in an act of ‘vigilantism’ with no regard for its impact on the wider community or the fear they would cause fellow residents.
Paul Jenkins and Christopher Jenkins were each handed 18-month prison sentences, while Corey Jenkins received 22 months behind bars.
Lisa Jenkins was handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and was ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid community work and comply with a nightly curfew for the following two months.
Accounting for discounts on his guilty plea, Miller was sentenced to nine months in prison. Thomas received a 26-month custodial sentence.
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