Man fined for threatening officer at Kendal police station

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 07:02 · Archive

Jamie Thornborrow, a serving prisoner, threatened an officer with violence whilst in custody at Kendal police station.

Jamie Thornborrow, aged 37 and a serving prisoner at HMP Preston, was detained at Kendal police station on the evening of 5 August whilst awaiting interview for an unrelated offence. He began shouting and screaming in his cell, making aggressive threats to assault officers. He told one officer: 'I will give you the biggest backhand of your life'.

His solicitor refused to continue representing him, stating: 'I'm not going to work with him if he is going to behave like that'. The court heard Thornborrow had a 'high volume of violence matters' on his criminal record.

Thornborrow pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to violent behaviour at a police station. In mitigation, his solicitor said he was frustrated and annoyed at being questioned. Magistrates fined him £130 and ordered him to pay a £52 victim surcharge.

How it is being reported

• Man threatened officer with 'biggest backhand of your life' in police stationA SOLICITOR threatened not to legally represent a man who was acting in an ‘angry and erratic’ manner in police custody, a court heard.NW Evening Mail · 15 Oct, 06:00
• Man threatened officer with 'biggest backhand of your life' in police stationA SOLICITOR threatened not to legally represent a man who was acting in an ‘angry and erratic’ manner in police custody, a court heard.Westmorland Gazette · 15 Oct, 06:00

In this story: Jamie Thornborrow · Kendal police station · HMP Preston

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