This is the shocking moment members of a family turned vigilantes and sought revenge for an attack on their home. Armed with weapons including a plank of wood studded with nails, the Jenkins clan started brawling in the street with two brothers who earlier that day had smashed up their house with golf clubs.
Sending five people to prison for their parts in the incident, a judge at Swansea Crown Court said while the disorder had been sparked by the golf club-wielding siblings, the Jenkins’ had armed themselves with weapons and engaged in an act of “vigilantism” without a care for its impact on the wider community or the fear they would cause residents.
The court heard the background to the violence was a belief on the part of brothers Adam Miller and Kristian Thomas that Corey Jenkins was involved in drug dealing the Ravenhill area of Swansea.
On June 6 the pair acted on that belief by taking up golf clubs and going to Jenkins’ family home on Rhodfa’r Brain where they proceeded to smash a number of downstairs windows.
After the attack the pair walked to the nearby home of a relative called David Dallimore. For the latest court stories sign up to our crime newsletter
In response to the attack, four members of the Jenkins family – Paul, Christopher, Corey and Lisa Jenkins – armed themselves with a range of weapons and set off for Mr Dallimore’s house where “large scale public disorder” took place in the street.
During the disturbance, which was caught on CCTV and mobile phone footage, Corey Jenkins wielded a plank of wood “studded with nails” and a metal pole while Paul Jenkins had a hammer and Christopher and Lisa Jenkins had sticks.
In the course of the melee Thomas “struck out” with a metal pole and hit a neighbour of the Jenkins’, called Kirsty Choi, on the head while she was tending to a member of the Jenkins family who was on the floor.
Paul Jenkins, 64, Christopher Paul Jenkins, 45, Corey Jenkins, 23, and 45-year-old Lisa Dawn Jenkins, all of Rhodfa’r Brain, Ravenhill, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon when they appeared in the dock for sentencing.
Paul and Christopher Jenkins have previous convictions while Corey and Lisa Jenkins are of previously good character.
Kristian Dale Thomas, 39, of Tudno Place, Penlan, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and been convicted at trial of the unlawful wounding of Miss Choi when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
He was described as having an “extensive” record including handling stolen goods, possession of offensive weapons, affray, and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.
Adam Miller, 34, and also of Tudno Place, Penlan, had previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon when he appeared alongside his brother.
He too was described as having an “extensive” antecedent record including affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, arson, public disorder, and criminal damage.
Kristian Thomas (left) and Adam Miller -Credit:South Wales Police
Both men were acquitted at trial of violent disorder in relation to the Rhodfa’r Brain incident. Mr Dallimore was also found not guilty.
Judge Catherine Richards said Miller and Thomas had started the incident when, “wanting to take the law into their own hands”, they went to the Jenkins’ home and smashed windows.
She said the Jenkins family had then armed themselves with weapons and engaged in an act of “vigilantism” without a care for its impact on the wider community or the fear they would cause fellow residents.
With discounts for their guilty pleas Paul Jenkins and Christopher Jenkins were both sentenced to 18 months in prison, and Corey Jenkins to 22 months in prison.
Lisa Jenkins was sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for 18 months and was ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work in the community and abide by a nightly curfew for the next two months.
With discounts for his guilty pleas, Miller was sentenced to nine months in prison. Thomas was sentenced to 26 months in prison.
The defendants sentenced to custodial terms will serve 40 per cent of their sentences in custody before being released on licence to serve then remainder in the community.