HUDDERSFIELD MAN JAILED FOR MANSLAUGHTER AND THREATENING BEHAVIOUR
A woman requested the removal of a restraining order preventing a convicted offender from contacting her so she could say hello to him on the street.Karlton Cummings was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his younger brother.
Subsequently, in March, he was convicted of threatening behaviour after he stormed into his former partner's home in Lowerhouses and threatened to kill everyone inside.
At the time, Kirklees magistrates had issued a two-year restraining order banning him from contacting her.
The victim appeared in court seeking to have this order lifted, expressing her desire to be able to bump into Cummings in the street and say hello, stating: "I want to be able to bump into him in the street and say hello." She explained that their relationship had been volatile, and police had previously been called to their house five times.
On March 13, she called emergency services from her home, where Cummings had arrived and started banging on windows, demanding to be let in and shouting threats to kill everyone inside.
Prosecutor Vanessa Jones noted that Cummings shouted: "You've got another male in there" and tried to open the door, yelling: "I'm going to kill everyone in this house - open the f*****g door!" He also threatened to damage the windows but denied making threats to kill, admitting only to swearing and using unpleasant language.
Magistrates initially imposed a two-year restraining order barring contact or visiting her home.
The victim told police she was "very scared of him due to him having stabbed and killed somebody before." In 2002, Cummings was jailed for seven years after he stabbed his brother Clayton in the chest during a row at his Battersea flat.
The court was told that she had no current reason to fear him since they were no longer together, although she and her family had a history of violence with him.
Ultimately, the judge agreed to remove the restraining order, citing concerns but respecting her as an adult and emphasizing that "the order is gone and it's now up to you to police your own life."
