Two people who menaced a mum over a perceived £200 loan have been sentenced. Lee Sage took a loaded crossbow when they harassed the complainant for the cash, while both he and Lauren Coleman assaulted her.
Sage, 38, of Auburn Avenue in Longwell Green, pleaded guilty to blackmail and battery. Coleman, 25, of St Andrews Road in Avonmouth, pleaded guilty to blackmail as well as assault occasioning actual bodily harm and having a mobile phone at HMP Eastwood Park.
Judge Martin Picton jailed Sage for four years, six months, and Coleman for 30 months. He told them: "I sentence you on the basis money was owed by the victim. You were seeking to enforce legitimate debt by using illegitimate means." Both were handed five-year restraining orders to have no contact with their victim.
