Woman lured ex-lover to her house where he’s bound, beaten up and humiliated by her new boyfriend and another man
Victim was punched, kicked, stamped on, tied up and laughed at during horrifying ordeal that went on for twenty minutes
A WOMAN lured her ex-boyfriend to her home where he was beaten, bound and humiliated by two other men, a court heard.
The victim was punched, kicked, stamped on, tied up and laughed at during the ordeal that went on for 20 minutes.
Janine Hipkins, 19, invited her ex-partner – who had a court order not to harass her – to her home in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, on the evening of July 27 last year where here new boyfriend Joshua Glasper, 21, and pal Darren Cosgrove, 25, were lying in wait for him.
Prosecutor Paul Newcombe told Teeside Crown Court: “It was clearly planned that he would be attacked in the yard.
“And that’s what happened.”
He said Glasper and Cosgrove emerged and punched the victim to the head.
Cosgrove kicked his legs from under him, sending him to the floor where he curled into a ball to protect himself.
The men shouted “come on big man, get up” and “haway then, fight me”, grabbed him by the neck and pulled him into the house where he was punched and stamped on.
Glasper wielded a hammer and threatened: “If you say anything, I’ll break your fingers.”
The victim was hit with the hammer shaft – then had his wrists and legs tied.
Newcombe continued: “All three watched him in this pathetic state laughing and drinking.
“He was shaking, crying and begging for them to stop.”
Hipkins called her father David Hipkins to the house, and he untied and released the victim.
As he left, 48-year-old Hipkins lost his temper and punched him to the head, landing himself in the dock too.
The victim escaped with a bloody nose and bruises to her head, arms and torso, but the attack had a lasting impact on him.
He had been in a one-year relationship with Hipkins, which ended “on a sour note” when their families “had words” at a christening.
Cosgrove Glasper and Ms Hipkins admitted assault causing actual bodily harm – Cosgrove and Mr Hipkins’ first conviction. Alex Bousfield, defending Ms Hipkins, said the mum lost patience with her ex and acted foolishly out of frustration to “warn him off, scare him off” and stop him hassling her.
“Clearly things got out of hand,” he said.
He added she was not involved in the physical violence and called her father to end it. Nigel Soppitt, representing Glasper – now also split from Ms Hipkins – said he was very sorry for his “atrocious” behaviour and the incident had “woken him up”.
He said he was in a crisis and influenced by others, he thought he would have a fight with the well-built victim, but matters quickly spiralled out of control.
Glasper had mental health difficulties including psychotic episodes and a schizophrenia diagnosis after a “very poor start in life”, but was responding to treatment.
Paul Abrahams, for Cosgrove, said he was a hard-working but isolated graduate who involved himself in someone else’s argument and showed genuine remorse.
The judge, Recorder David Dobbin, said: “A plan was hatched to teach the complainant a lesson, and he would quite clearly receive a beating.
“This was a nasty assault.
“There may have been some history but that’s absolutely no excuse for what happened.
“It is perhaps fortuitous that he didn’t receive greater injuries than he did.”
He gave Ms Hipkins, Cosgrove and Glasper 18-month custodial sentences suspended for two years with rehabilitation activity requirements.
Mr Hipkins, of Collingwood Street, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, admitted common assault, his first offence of violence, and was fined £250.
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