DALTON MAN JAILED FOR THREATS AND VIOLENCE AFTER DRINKING LIGHTER FLUID
A man has been jailed after threatening his double amputee neighbour and telling another he’d stab him.
He was Craig Leah, who pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour and assaulting a police constable acting in the execution of duty.
Leah threatened to set his dog on officers and refused to go with police after consuming lighter fluid.
During the incident, Leah shouted at his neighbours, including Ronald Trigg, a double amputee who lives opposite him, and Brendan McDonagh, another neighbor.
Leah displayed violent and disgraceful behavior, including shouting at a dog and calling Mr Trigg a 'no legged b*****d.' He also threatened to kill Mr McDonagh and told him, “Dark Mornings are coming.” Leah was trying to consume gas lighter fluid and lunged at officers when they attempted to arrest him, forcing them to draw a Taser.
Leah claimed he had no recollection of the incident and had been drinking lager and swallowing lighter fluid prior.
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail, ordered to pay £150 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.
The judge told Leah his behavior was disgraceful and called for an enforced break from society.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first name
52.9%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
52.9%
Surname region
Africa
South Africa
30.6%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
Leah claimed he had no recollection of the incident and had been drinking lager and swallowing lighter fluid prior. He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail, ordered to pay 150 costs and an 80 victim surcharge. The judge told Leah his behavi...
Prison sentence
A man has been jailed after threatening his double amputee neighbour and telling another he'd stab him
Fine or payment
12 weeks
He was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail, ordered to pay 150 costs and an 80 victim surcharge
