A Sunderland father has been jailed for two years for affray following a group attack on a member of the travelling community in Darlington.
Braden Waite, 31, of Borrowdale Street in Hetton-Le-Hole, Sunderland, was part of a group of five men who got out of a car and chased their victim down after an organised fight in Tommy Crooks Park in Darlington on August 20, 2020. The court heard that Waite filmed the man being punched after they group had finished chasing him, TeessideLive reports.
The unnamed traveller had agreed to settle a dispute with another man in a one-to-one fight, with the travelling community having agreed to providing a referee, as well as ruling that neither man had a weapon and headbutting was banned. However, Teesside Crown Court heart that the man, seen on the park's CCTV pacing up and down a public grassed area, was captured fleeing the scene after a black car with a partially hidden number plate turned up, with five men getting out and chasing their victim down.
