Three thugs from Derbyshire and Notts used a cosh and a helmet to assault man in 'revenge attack'

Dylan Hicking, Jamie Shaun Edwards and Chase Emason Cunningham-Ward all appeared before Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, November 18, following the assault.

The court heard that a cosh and a helmet were used in the assault, which took place in Lovett Drive, Langley Mill, on August 8 last year.

Hicking, 20, of Dean Street Heanor, Edwards, 29, of Lovatt Drive, Langley Mill, and Cunningham-Ward, 23, of Bowerswell Road, Ilkeston, had all pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.

Hiking, who was described in court as the one of the three most involved in the assault, also admitted a separate charge of carrying an offensive weapon.

The court also heard that the three had stolen a gold ring belonging to the victim in the incident.

The three had first appeared before Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court in February charged with robbery, before charges were amended.

Hicking was given a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 21 months and ordered to complete a 31-day thinking skills programme.

Edwards was given a nine-month prison term, suspended for 21 months, and was also ordered to complete the thinking skills programme, plus “5 rehabilitation days with the Probation Service.

Cunningham-Ward was also given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for 21 months and must complete 20 rehabilitation days.

All three must also pay the victim £200 each in compensation.

Sentencing, Judge James Sampson told them: “This was an extremely nasty offence and I’m not sure what the motivation was for it but it seems to have been revenge. It involved a cosh and a helmet.

“If you commit any further offences you will not just come back to this court, you will come back before me and I will impose the sentences I have suspended. You will not get another chance.”

A restraining order first imposed at an earlier hearing at Nottingham Crown Court in May this year, ordering the three not to contact the victim in any way, was also extended for the next five years.

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