'Revenge attack' trio jailed for 54 years as victim left quadriplegic after fall from Stockton home

A trio who carried out a revenge attack that left their victim so terrified, he climbed out of his window and jumped, have been jailed for a total of 54 years.

Kyle Mulcaster, who is now 21, fell "almost vertically, head first" from the roof above his bedroom window. He was left a quadriplegic and needs 24-hour care for the rest of his life.

On Wednesday, Samantha Nunn, 33; her now ex-boyfriend Kallum Shilham, 25; and Andrew Hobson, 45, appeared at Teesside Crown Court to be sentenced. A jury found the trio guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and aggravated burglary after a trial in September.

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Shilham, of Harrowgate Lane in Stockton, was found guilty of the possession of a bladed article - he turned up at his victim's home with a large kitchen knife; and Hobson, of Sun Gardens in Thornaby, was found guilty of the possession of an offensive weapon - he arrived at his victim's home, in Stockton, with a pool cue.

The Middlesbrough court heard that Mr Mulcaster "must have been terrified" when he woke up and looked out of his bedroom window, as Hobson was smashing a downstairs window to break in. Nunn, of Sandringham Road in Thornaby, had driven three men to the victim's home, on Parkfield Way, at 4am on April 7, in what prosecutors said was a "revenge attack".

The third man involved has never been identified. Samantha Nunn was recorded on a neighbour's ring doorbell footage, shouting: "Go on, get in. He is a c***. Go on, get him."

As the three men, all in balaclavas, climbed in through the smashed window and began running up the stairs, their terrified victim climbed out of his bedroom window and tried to get onto the roof. As Nunn shouted at him from outside, "jump, you c***!" Mr Mulcaster jumped.

He fell almost vertically, hitting a bin and then landing on the floor. Seconds later, the three men left his home. Hobson was seen going through the man's pockets, as he lay paralysed on the ground, before they drove off.

The victim suffered fractures to his spine and a blood clot on his brain and underwent a craniotomy, at James Cook University Hospital, to relieve the pressure on his brain. The footage had captured Nunn's car arriving at the scene and leaving - and they turned up at her home the next morning, where they found her in bed with her boyfriend Shilham.

Hobson's DNA was found on the pool cue left behind, and he was arrested hours later. During the trial, defence barristers said that the group, who had taken drugs, had turned up at Mr Mulcaster's home to retrieve drugs. Andrew Hobson claimed he had become involved after he was unable to pay a drug debt to Shilham.

Judge Timothy Stead told them: "The purpose of your journey was to make an attack on Kyle Mulcaster. You, Nunn, were recorded shouting: "Go on, get him. He is a c***. Go on, get him!"

"You were directing from outside. It is chilling to watch. The group of men, masked and armed, entered the home. Kyle Mulcaster fell from the roof.

"He will never again be able to move any part of his body, below his neck. He will not be able to enjoy those pleasures which young men should expect - a normal social life and a normal physical life.

"When Kyle described his mood as 'low' from his hospital bed, I have little doubt he understates his position. There is no evidence the men were searching for anything.

"They came out of the house as he was lying on the ground. It appears there was an element of revenge in what you were doing.

"A month later, as Kyle lay paralysed from the neck down, the victim's 21st birthday passed." The judge jailed them for 18-years each.

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