Armed Teesside gang caught in 'chilling' footage target man

Samantha Nunn drove the gang to the house before shouting vile encouragement to her co-accused to ‘get him’ before he plunged headfirst from the first-floor window.

Her boyfriend Kallum Shilham, and Andrew Hobson were caught on ‘chilling’ Ring doorbell footage using weapons to smash their way into a house intent on inflicting violence on the-then 20-year-old.

Teesside Crown Court had heard how the three defendants, and another unidentified person, descended on a house in Stockton armed with knives and a pool cue with the intention of ‘taxing’ an alleged drug dealer.

Stockton man 'paralysed from neck down' trying to flee gang (Image: Newsquest)

The armed gang smashed a window in the house before piling in and hunting down their intended target.

Jurors had heard how Hobson had rifled through the pockets of the man as he lay seriously injured on the floor before they all fled the scene without calling for help for their stricken target.

Samantha Nunn (Image: Cleveland Police)

Judge Timothy Stead said: “Not only did Samantha Nunn get out of the vehicle; she was seen and heard on video recording which is both descriptive and chilling to watch.

“She is seen and heard to be directing what was going on, she was seen to move a bin with a view to help others get into the premises and heard to be shouting ‘go on, get in, he is a ****, go on get him’.

“I have no doubt that the motivation for the visit and attack was to do him really serious harm.

“He seems to have been sufficiently terrified of that attack that he climbed out of the window onto a sill and is seen attempting to climb onto the roof of the window in order to escape you – that is a mark of his fear and the apparent ferocity of your intended attack.”

Kallum Shilham (Image: Cleveland Police)

At an earlier hearing, the court heard a victim impact statement where the man described how he had suffered life-changing injuries in a video recorded interview from his hospital bed.

“It was distressing to see and hear him speak,” the judge added. “When asked to describe his own mood he said he was feeling low – I have little doubt that this is something which understates his position and feelings.”

Andrew Hobson (Image: Cleveland Police)

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Nunn, of Sandringham Road, Thornaby, was convicted of aggravated burglary and causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Her boyfriend, 24-year-old Shilham, of Harrowgate Lane, Stockton, had denied the same charges but was convicted. He had pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article.

The third defendant, Hobson, of Sun Gardens, Thornaby, had denied both charges and also denied the possession of an offensive weapon - a pool cue, but was convicted of all charges.

All three were sentenced to a total of 18 years in custody.