A SEX offender who played with himself in front of a child walked free in a busy Worcester street after he was granted bail. David Power was pictured strolling along Foregate Street in Worcester after he admitted exposure and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. The 31-year-old of Pulley Avenue, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire pleaded guilty to carrying out both offences on August 2, 2018 when he appeared at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday. The most serious offence involved him engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child ‘for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification’. The particulars are that he knowingly engaged in sexual activity, namely masturbation, ‘by the river in Hereford’ in the presence of a child under 16, namely 13, knowing or intending the child should be aware that he was engaged in that activity. The case was prosecuted by Timothy Sapwell who appeared over videolink. Jason Aris appeared in person at court on behalf of
A BLOOD-STAINED Worcester drug dealer was suspected of a stabbing but the blood may have come from his nose after snorting cocaine as his solicitor warned he could die if he went to jail. Robin Bayer told people he was involved in a stabbing in McDonald s but so far police have found no evidence that any such incident took place - and his own solicitor said the blood on his t-shirt may have come from his own nostrils after snorting the class A drug in Worcester. She pleaded with the judge not to send Bayer to prison where she argued that prisoners were locked up 23 and a half hours day in their cells due to Covid-19 restrictions and where there were more hardened drug individuals including County Lines drug dealers.
A VILE burglar who threw a cup of urine in the face of a prison officer and spat in a Worcester police officer s eye during the pandemic will spend even longer behind bars. Anthony Layton of Pound Bank Road, Malvern also burgled a home in Malvern while armed with a blade, wrecked a police room in Worcester and racially abused a Scottish police officer in the city. The 33-year-old admitted administering a noxious substance with intent (the urine) at HMP Featherstone, burglary in Malvern, having an article with a blade or point, assaulting an emergency worker in the execution of his duties at Worcester hospital and criminal damage after causing more than £5,000 of damage to a room at Worcester Police Station as he tried to escape onto the roof.
A NOTORIOUS street drinker who was out of his mind drunk threatened to ‘smash up’ McDonald’s in Worcester during a drunken rampage which ended when he spat in a police officer s face. Homeless nuisance Peter Swinbourne carried out the ‘disgusting’ attack at the fast food restaurant in the city centre, also breaking a protective screen designed to protect staff and customers from Covid-19. The violent outburst happened after staff had asked Swinbourne politely to leave because of his antisocial antics which began after he got out of jail and went on a benefits-funded drinking binge. In the end the thug, who had downed between six and eight litres of white cider, had to be put in a spit hood to stop his unruly behaviour but officers could not handcuff him because of a cast on his arm.