Fenton burglar Adam Gordon punched pregnant woman

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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BURGLAR Adam Gordon repeatedly punched a heavily-pregnant woman after she woke up to find him in her bedroom.

The 22-year-old punched Rachel Kirby up to 11 times after 'panicking' when he was challenged by the shocked homeowner.

  1. JAILED Adam Gordon.

    JAILED: Adam Gordon.

The victim – who lives in the same Fenton street as Gordon – was knocked to the ground and even punched as she lay on her bedroom floor.

Police later arrested father-of-two Gordon – despite him trying to conceal his appearance during the break-in by wearing Miss Kirby's hooded dressing gown.

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Now Gordon, of Hollings Street, Fenton, has been jailed for 38 months after admitting burglary and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Jailing Gordon, Judge Paul Glenn told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court: "The victim was plainly vulnerable, living alone and heavily pregnant.

"I accept in panic, to avoid detection and to escape, you attacked her.

"But you could have pushed her aside and fled.

"There was no need to use the sort of violence you did. You punched her repeatedly.

"It is a matter of good fortune her injuries were not more serious.

"It was an extremely frightening incident which I am quite sure she will never forget."

Gordon struck at Miss Kirby's Hollings Street home at about 2.30am on a day last December.

Gordon spotted a television in his victim's lounge and then went upstairs to see if there was anything else to steal. He intended to take a television from the bedroom but was challenged by Miss Kirby.

Samantha Crabb, mitigating, conceded the assault was an aggravating feature of the burglary and the victim was in her home.

Gordon claimed he only punched Miss Kirby between six and seven times.

Miss Crabb said: "He accepts he reacted in panic to her alarm at him being in her bedroom.

"His violence was delivered in panic in an attempt to get out of the room."

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  • Profile image for Aimz1885

    by Aimz1885

    Wednesday, October 03 2012, 10:52AM

    “This is scary, I live on the adjacent street to Hollings Street and its quite a scary/dodgy area but you don't realise it until you actually live there. When I go to sleep I worry about been broken in to, I worry about my car out on the front and our sheds been broken into. Some people are just really bad, why can't everyone be equally good - go out and earn your own things don't burgle others; who have worked hard to provide for.”

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    by semis

    Monday, September 24 2012, 2:24AM

    “Here we go again, "Johntoe" states "We can expect to see far more stories like this one in future, Now that the Tory 'knee jerkers' have decided to announce that if you kill a burglar inside your home you probably won't be punished,".
    Is their anyone out there that would not, given the circumstances, shoot , stab, bludgeon a burglar to protect their family. I would not hesitate.
    Is Johntoe a pacifist? If so it explains his comments. I not it explains his hatred for the Conservative Party!!!”

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    by MattsUK

    Sunday, September 23 2012, 12:44AM

    “Maybe we should let her fmaily friends deal with him . . that way they can ' only punch him 6 or 7 times . .'”

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    by warren-lloyd

    Friday, September 21 2012, 11:41AM

    “We should get the tool I with that chavett who was making abusive 999 calls the other day, see what thy make.”

  • Profile image for muzzer57

    by muzzer57

    Thursday, September 20 2012, 5:12PM

    “The evolutionary missing link is alive and well in downtown Fenton.”

  • Profile image for warren-lloyd

    by warren-lloyd

    Thursday, September 20 2012, 8:25AM

    “I find that rather hard on primates. I happen to like Monkees.”

  • Profile image for gengar1

    by gengar1

    Thursday, September 20 2012, 8:02AM

    “its an age old story
    chav meets monkey
    chav falls in love with monkey
    chav breeds with monkey and out pop little chav-monkey hybrids
    chav-monkey hybrid marauds around acting like an utter douche and scumbag....”

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    by camband

    Wednesday, September 19 2012, 8:16PM

    “by Johntoe (in reply to Tabazan) .. -"instead of trying to find 'excuses' for his behaviour "he acted in panic. He wouldn't have had to act in panic if he hadn't burgled the house in the first place,"
    UNQUOTE.
    Correct Johntoe. His mindset is 'self-preservation' at all costs. Just the same as a 'hit and run' driver deals with his/her bad luck and who leaves his/her victim to their fate -live or die lying in the road, while he/she makes good their escape. Callous self regard. Unforgivable.

    It's that mindset that is so disturbing. Gordon's thought process -with that kind of mindset, goes something like this -'I'll go and burgle that pregnant woman's house up the street, -should be an easy touch 'cos she lives alone anyway. So if she does wake up -there'll only be her to deal with and I can soon shut her up -no problem.

    If she's lucky and doesn't wake up -easy -trouble free. If she does wake up though, I'll probably panic -I know that to be my nature -never was a cool customer; so just to make sure she doesn't give me any trouble, and in my usual anger, I'll probably find myself 'punching her up a little' -nothing too serious though, just between six and seven times -but she'll know she's had a walloping anyway" -and because I haven't gone completely berserk and hit her between 20 and 30 times -a good barrister will be able to use that in mitigation -'panicked and lashed out' -a few times -she'll claim on my behalf. -Could have been hit a lot more than that your honour".

    Well that is how it appears is it not. Premeditated callous burglary on a lone pregnant householder-with necessary violence to assist escape -inflicted without a second thought... Sound dramatic? For that poor young woman that night -it certainly was 'dramatic' and not easily forgotten either.”

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    by DoctorDo

    Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:59PM

    “@Johntoe

    Members of the legal profession, solicitors and barristers, are nothing more than well educated filth themselves. This is how they defend such people.

    They will say anything for money, they twist facts in an attempt to put a positive 'spin' on the most base of acts. Just look at how many politicians are lawyers of some description, and they're mostly bare-faced liars as we all know.

    Barristers are simply prostitutes; you pay your money and get the service you require.

    As for your other point about a homeowner's rights, many people believe that they have no right to defend their property even though that right has always been there. Therefore a shift in the law needed to be advertised.”

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    by Robnoxious

    Wednesday, September 19 2012, 6:12PM

    “Where do you draw the line as to who needs help, they all need help of some description. Don't get me wrong, i go along with the view that you can't lock these people up without giving them the treatment for their needs. You need to be addressing underlining issues or you will be forever going through that revolving door of crime , court , prison. which is costing the taxpayer a lot of money. So there may be cases where resources could be used better,if it was proved to be the case. But we do need to protect the public. Having these people institutionalised is not always the answer. I have seen how some of this works it does not inspire confidence. Where people have been left to their own devices to self medicate, being told here is a phone number if you need me. Its on par with the rest of the social care that is going on around you at the moment, cutbacks and closures. But first of all you have got to be seen helping yourself. Was this person, involving the cat already receiving help and medication. If not, why not because the people around her knew she had a problem. If she was receiving help, then on the face of it they don't do themselves any favours stating they had been down the pub. But i will say again this person does require help, as to whether she receives it . That is a different question.”

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