Stoke City and Port Vale steward jailed after row over a football
A STOKE City steward who broke a grandad's nose in a row over a football has been sent to prison after he failed to comply with a community order.
Young dad Cameron Lowe, who also helps control the crowd at Port Vale matches, was yesterday jailed for 18 weeks after he failed to attend unpaid work sessions.
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Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the 21-year-old was sentenced to a 12-month community order last March with supervision and 180 hours unpaid work after he admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Balvinder Bhatti, representing Staffordshire Probation Service, said Lowe had attacked a 61-year-old man after an argument over a football at Longton on May 17, 2011.
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Miss Bhatti said: "The defendant argued with a complainant over a football belonging to the complainant's grandson. The complainant had accused him of stealing it.
"The defendant became angry and reacted appallingly. He punched the complainant to the face and fractured his nose."
The court was told Lowe, of Jervison Street, Adderley Green, Longton, first breached the order in July and was handed 20 extra hours unpaid work.
However, despite a strong warning from a senior judge, Lowe failed to attend unpaid work again on December 23.
Stuart Muldoon, mitigating, said Lowe, who has passed a security course, has not committed any further offences. He added a prison sentence would be tough for the defendant as he has a partner and a young child.
Judge Paul Glenn revoked the community order and jailed Lowe for 18 weeks. He told the defendant: "This is the second time you have breached this community order. The earlier breach, for not attending unpaid work on two occasions, received 20 hours unpaid work. I dealt with the case and I reminded you any subsequent breach would, almost inevitably, lead to a custodial sentence. But you have chosen to breach the order again. You have only done a little over half the hours."
The judge described the original offence as 'nasty' but said it was not premeditated and accepted Lowe had nothing to do with stealing the football.
Judge Glenn added: "You have shown yourself repeatedly as unable or unwilling to comply with the court order."
Lowe will serve no more than half the sentence.
7 Comments
by tunstall_lad
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 4:54PM
“Jade, really? Full stops!”
by jadejadexx
Tuesday, February 05 2013, 12:42PM
“hahaha yh im not a sad lowlife who sits on the sentinal page lookin and commenting on peoples lifes there for i do not need to put full stops and capital letters its not a english exam its a website so get a life i was just gettin my point across dont comment on things when u have only seen the papers side ur clearly a plonka that has nothing better to to but try point lil things out cus ur that bored lol !”
by tunstall_lad
Monday, February 04 2013, 11:57AM
“jadejadexx . This is a full stop. See how I used one there? Now you try.”
by jadejadexx
Saturday, February 02 2013, 11:46AM
“this is the most pathetic excuse of a story ive ever seen people need get there facts right before judgeing the so called 'oldman' got in lowes face head to head n was pushing him because he said he had stole his sons football witch is absolutely ridiculous by the the to accuse and threaten someone over a ball but he would get away with it and he new that because ppl judge he was a 59 yr old man and cameron just turned 20 he wasnt even working in security at the time the 'oldman' new that people like u would judge 'lowe' as a thug when he was trying to carm the situation untill he pushed his 18 year old girlfriend who had just misscarred like anyone he saw red you would have be a saint not to the reason he got 18weeks was due to him haveing a baby and then the baby wasnt very well hence him missing community service people do not realise they are messing with peoples lifes lowe is the most genuine nicest guy ive ever met and i no tuns of people who agree and think this is a absolute disgrace how a man can push someone about and intimidate and push young woman and its the guy that was in the right that got sent down lowe is missing out on his child learning new things probs lost his job and everything he worked for because a man pushed a woman really tell me now if u think this is fair people get away with stealing stabbings beating and more and good people get locked up for hitting someone who hit a women this is the problem with this society !”
by lanternhead
Saturday, February 02 2013, 12:13AM
“serves him right, assaulting an elderly man, typical stewardship.”
by Backdoored
Friday, February 01 2013, 9:38AM
“Young dad Cameron Lowe, was yesterday jailed for 18 weeks after he failed to attend unpaid work sessions. -Sentinel Report;
(180 hours of back-breaking toil -with 'whip-equipped' guards' liable to lash his back' at the first sign of shirking or the least provocation) -
I can understand him choosing to go for an 18 week break rather than go through that lot; what you say gary? He is one of your customers int he?”
by Backdoored
Friday, February 01 2013, 9:26AM
“Vetting standards come to mind .... A licence to thump; 'trendy tendencies'.”