MAN JAILED FOR LONGER FOR DISABILITY HATE CRIME AFTER SOLICITOR GENERAL’S ACTION
From 2018.Shakaiyah Swindells, who was part of a Sheffield group responsible for assaulting and imprisoning a vulnerable individual, has had his prison term extended.
The attack involved a serious case of abuse and detention carried out by Swindells, then 17 years old, along with two others, Matthew Ward and Marcus Cullumbine.
The Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, challenged the original sentence for being insufficiently punitive.
Swindells was the last of the trio to move into the victim's residence.
During his stay, Ward inflicted a second assault.
The assailants later laughed about the incident, which was triggered when the victim failed to pay his Sky TV bill on time.
The most aggressive assaults began when the victim was forcibly confined inside a cupboard, which was bolted shut from the outside.
Over the course of the abuse, he was punched, kicked, and attacked with a Stanley knife, as well as subjected to burns from various heated objects.
He was locked in overnight and managed to escape the following day by claiming he needed to pick up a prescription.
The attackers permitted him to leave for the chemist but warned that his brother would be harmed if he reported the crimes.
Emergency services found the victim with severe injuries, including fractured ribs and extensive burns.
Originally, Swindells received a sentence of seven years in prison.
Following the Solicitor General’s appeal, the Court of Appeal increased his sentence to nine years.
