A mother-of-three verbally abused her sister-in-law in a foul-mouthed doorstep rant during a family feud.
Sarah Janion, 37, was caught on a doorbell camera shouting expletives at childminder and sister-in-law Stacey Janion. Janion went to the home to try and confront Stacey after discovering she had reported her to social services.
Stacey refused to answer the door but the abuse could be heard on her doorbell camera. On the recording, Janion can be heard shouting: " Get the f** out here’, ‘Be a woman’, and ‘Stop being a f....y’”. Stacey says she hid inside her house in fear, refusing to open her front door.
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Police attended the scene in Runcorn, Cheshire, where Janion insisted that she didn't want to cause any harm. Despite this, inquiries from the force revealed that she was in breach of a suspended jail term imposed last year after she threw a vase at the head of her boyfriend in a drunken row.
In her latest offence, which happened on August 31 this year, Warrington Magistrates Court this week (October 5) heard Janion had become 'carried away' in a row with one of her daughters, which Stacey reported to social services out of concern for the girl's safety.
However, Angela Blackmore, prosecuting, said Janion then turned up at her sister-in-law's house.
“At around 10.45pm, the defendant arrived at the complainant’s property and was acting aggressively. She was knocking on the door, and pressing the doorbell repeatedly and the incident was captured on the doorbell camera so she could see and hear the defendant.
''As Stacey refused to answer the door, the defendant went around to the back of the house where she could be heard trying to get into the back gate before returning to the front door.
''None of her attempts to get in were successful. She sat on the doorstep, knocking on the door and shouting for about 15 minutes. Police attended and she was arrested. In interview, she said she did not intend to cause harassment, alarm or distress.”
Janion admitted using threatening behaviour. In mitigation, defence lawyer, Ian Weights, said: “She [Sarah Janion] is a lady who found herself offending due to her deteriorating mental health. She came out of quite a severe abusive relationship and there have been other family issues. She's still very much struggling with things. She has been diagnosed with bipolar and complex PTSD."
He added that the latest offence occurred after Sarah spoke to her daughter only for them to "have words" over an alleged incident. Mr Weights added: "'The victim had reported the matter and it made life even more difficult for the defendant. It is right to say that the victim did not want to speak to her. She did not want to speak over the phone or at the door.
“The defendant should have walked away but she did not. She persisted in trying to speak to her and was a little abusive in the process. She does struggle to deal with crises and family issues.”
JP Alan Eyres, after bailing Sarah for sentence on November 2, said: "In the interests of justice we think that the judge needs to see this."
Previous attack on boyfriend
Janion had escaped jail just months previously for a previous attack on her boyfriend.
During the brawl, she hit him in the face four times while he had her held in a headlock, throwing her to the floor. Mr Bennet dialled 999 when the vase hit him on the back of the head, resulting in a two-inch cut. He was discovered in his front garden with blood gushing from his head and was later taken to hospital for treatment.
She was arrested and admitted causing grievous bodily harm. She received eight months in prison, suspended for 18 months after Mr Bennet refused to give police a statement regarding the assault.
At the time, Judge Patrick Thompson said Sarah had "her own difficulties". He added: "'I’m not trying to dramatise - one second’s loss of temper can sometimes lead to terrible consequences and the consequences wouldn’t just be terrible for you, it would be terrible for your children.
“You’re a caring and good mother but you’re no use to them serving a prison sentence.”
She has now been sent back to the same judge that ruled her previous case and will now be re-sentenced for the assault on her boyfriend, as well as the incident with her sister-in-law.
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