GUILTY UK - Luke Jobson, 22, Yarm, 26 Jan 2019

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Affray:

The definition of affray in the UK states that the offence is committed if a person threatens or uses unlawful violence or force towards another person, which causes another person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their safety. Affray cannot be committed verbally. There must, at the least, be a physical gesture of some kind as it must be sufficient to amount to the use of or the threat of unlawful violence.

Maximum sentence 3 years and a fine.

What is affray? | Lawtons Law UK

 

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On 30 October 2020 Edwin Taha, 20, and Ali Abdulmajieed, 19, who had admitted affray at an earlier court, were sentenced.

Taha, of Lavender Way, Norton, was sentenced to 21 months in a young offenders institution and Abdulmajieed, of Corvus Drive, Stockton, was given a 15-month suspended sentence.

Luke Jobson death: Two men sentenced over affray

Luke Jobson was chased and sprayed with pepper spray before he went into the River Tees.

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