A BALACLAVA-CLAD thug stabbed a man in a terrifying gang raid on a family home. Jordan Bell was part of a group of four who vaulted a wall into the garden of a property in Nicolson Drive, Shoreham. He burst into a summer house where he threatened Cerys Evans and Lewis Harrington with a weapon. Then when Ms Evans’ father David rushed outside, he was stabbed in the chest during a struggle. He nearly died in hospital from a collapsed lung. At Hove Crown Court Bell, 20, refused to give up the names of his accomplices and denied using any violence.
Jordan Bell was among four men who “burst in” to a garden in Shoreham. The gang demanded cash from Cerys Evans and Lewis Harrington who were in a summerhouse. Ms Evans was punched in the head and left bleeding at the property in Nicolson Drive. As she screamed, her father David Evans rushed out to confront her attackers. He was stabbed and left with a punctured lung before the gang fled. Bell, 20, denied being one of the men to use violence during the gang raid. But at Hove Crown Court, a jury found him guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of an offensive weapon in public.
Jordan Bell denies a “grievous” attack as part of a group of four balaclava-clad men in Shoreham. A group “burst in” to the garden of an “innocent” family in Nicolson Drive, where young woman Cerys Evans and her boyfriend Lewis Harrington were ordered to hand over cash. Ms Evans was struck about the head, and as she screamed out, her father David Evans rushed out into the garden. But Mr Evans was stabbed by a member of the gang as he “tussled” with the group of four, who later fled the scene. Bell, aged 20, told Hove Crown Court he was groomed by a drugs gang since the age of 13 or 14, and feared reprisals.
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Jordan Bell is on trial accused of stabbing David Evans in Shoreham. The 20-year-old is alleged to have been part of a gang of four who climbed into a garden in Nicolson Drive. A summer house door was kicked in as Mr Evans’ daughter Cerys was attacked with her partner Lewis Harrington. Mr Evans heard the commotion and ran into his garden where there were four masked men in balaclavas demanding money. He was stabbed in the chest and suffered a punctured lung in the “terrifying” ordeal. At Hove Crown Court, Bell is on trial accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and possession of a knife.