A Yorkshire couple were at the end of their rope and used anti-social antics to attack a 17-year-old boy with a rolling pin

A Yorkshire couple attacked a 17-year-old boy with a rolling pin after the woman became “hysterical” when rowdy youths kicked in their front door late at night.

Sophie Turner and her husband Neil Turner jumped into their car and went looking for the perpetrators. She spotted a group of teenagers and drove the car towards the teenagers on the sidewalk before quickly getting out and demanding to know who kicked the door and hit the boy repeatedly on his leg with what looked like a rolling pin.

Her husband joined in and hit the teenager over the head with a rolling pin, causing blood to run down his face and leaving a nasty scar.

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The violence could have resulted in death after the couple “took the law into their own hands” when they were “at the end of their rope” due to ongoing problems with antisocial youths. Hull Crown Court heard.

As reported from Hull Live, Sophie Turner, 36, of Baxtergate, Hedon, admitted dangerous driving and assaulting the teenager on June 10 last year. Neil Turner, 41, also of Baxtergate, Hedon, admitted assaulting the teenager causing actual bodily harm.

Jennifer Gatland, prosecuting, said the 17-year-old boy was walking through Hedon with his friends at 11.45pm. One of the other boys kicked a door and the group continued walking, reaching the corner of the Market Place.

The group of five boys heard the sound of a car behind them. A boy thought he was going to be run over and jumped out of the way as Mrs. Turner climbed the sidewalk in her red Nissan Juke.

She got out of the vehicle and shouted: “Who kicked my damn door?” She held what looked like a black rolling pin and punched the teenager three times on his leg in the area of ​​his thigh and knee.

Neil Turner got out the passenger door and tried to talk to the rest of the group. The 17-year-old boy was the only one left at the scene at the time, so Mr Taylor turned and walked in his direction.

The husband was holding what also looked like a black rolling pin and hit the teenager on the head with it, causing him to stumble. The teenager ran away and hid near a church. He was afraid of being hit and blood was running from his face.

An ambulance was called, but the teenager went to a friend’s house. The attack left him with a scar on his head. “It was an attack on a child,” Miss Gatland said.

Ms Turner later told police she had gone to bed but heard a group of men outside “causing problems”. They were “scared away” earlier in the evening but returned later. She called her husband and the two set off to “confront and frighten” the teenagers.

She admitted driving to scare them off, but denied causing injuries and denied her husband had attacked anyone. Mr Turner told police that his wife called him while he was in a pub and that she told him that a group of boys had been kicking the front door.

“He described her as hysterical,” Miss Gatland said. Mr Turner claimed that after they got into the car and walked up to the teenagers, one of them said to his wife: “Fuck off, you cow.” He admitted throwing punches at a teenager but denied that they had made contact.

Both initially denied charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Hull Magistrates Court and Ms Turner initially denied dangerous driving. They later pleaded guilty.

The boy later said in a statement that since the attack he had a bald spot on his head where there was a wound. The scar had not healed and he had suffered from headaches for a while.

“I have been afraid to walk around Hedon since the incident,” he said. He claimed that he was now more likely to stay over at a friend’s house and was afraid of seeing the Turners again if he was attacked again.

“Sophie Turner admits she actually wanted to scare the group,” Miss Gatland said. Both defendants had no previous convictions.

Rachel Scott, mitigating, said Ms Turner had been “extremely distressed” by the incident. “She feels really terrible about being here and embarrassing herself and her family,” Miss Scott said.

“She now realizes how incredibly stupid that was. They reacted inappropriately and should never have taken the law into their own hands. This won’t happen again.”

There have been repeated incidents of anti-social behavior in the area around her home, including recent video footage of a teenager swinging from scaffolding and kicking a neighbor’s door with both feet. This had been reported to the police and the couple had now taken action “through the appropriate channels” about the anti-social behavior issues, Miss Scott said.

Michele Stuart-Lofthouse, representing Mr Turner, said local people had been “terrorized” by a group of youths but that was no excuse for the couple’s behaviour.

“They are broken,” said Miss Stuart-Lofthouse. “He just went bust considering what happened on the night in question. It goes on. Hopefully there will now be a police investigation. He is extremely remorseful.”

Judge John Thackray KC said the couple “took the law into their own hands” during the incident. “They were at the end of their tether,” Judge Thackray said.

The car drove onto the curb rather than the sidewalk, and there was “no prospect” of the teens being hit by the car. “This could have turned out so differently,” Judge Thackray said.

“A blow to the head with such a weapon can be fatal.” Judge Thackray said of MrTurner: “It sounds dramatic but we see it week in and week out and if that had happened he would face a murder charge or at least a manslaughter charge threaten.”

“It’s not just inappropriate. This is criminal behavior. This is serious criminal behavior. They have taken the law into their own hands. You used a weapon and attacked a child.”

Sophie Turner was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and 60 hours of unpaid work. She was banned from driving for a year. Neil Turner was given a one-year suspended sentence and 100 hours of unpaid work. They were each ordered to pay £250 compensation to the teenager.

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