Man kicked in head and hit with metal bar in mass brawl between warring families in Camborne

Seven people have been sentenced for their roles in a chaotic mass brawl which unfolded in a residential street in Camborne.

Dillon Hendra, Sarah Hendra, Daniel Fisher, Kevin Fisher, Wayne Morris, Simon Gunn and one other individual, who can’t be named for legal reasons, were all set to be sentenced in December last year for their involvement in the violent incident in Camborne on the evening of August 30, 2018.

Judge Robert Linford deferred sentence for six months, telling each of them that they would not be sent to prison if they stayed out of trouble for that period.

Truro Crown Court heard how the scenario unfolded when 21-year-old Dillon Hendra allegedly called his partner’s stepfather, Wayne Morris, a “paedo”.

In response, Morris, 40, and 33-year-old associate Simon Gunn then went to the home of Dillon and his mother Sarah at Fordh Lacey in Camborne, and started banging on the front door.

“Mr Gunn and Mr Morris had no business going to the house, they knew there would be trouble and there was,” Judge Linford said.

Abuse and threats were exchanged between the two parties, while items were also thrown by the Hendras towards Gunn and Morris, who urged Dillon to come outside.

Sarah Hendra, 38, said she would call her brothers to the scene to “deal” with the situation.

The insults were exchanged for eight minutes, during which Gunn tried to usher Morris away from the scene, before brothers Daniel and Kevin Fisher arrived in a white BMW.

In scenes filmed on a mobile phone, punches were thrown by Kevin Fisher, which knocked Gunn to the ground. Kevin Fisher then turned his attention to Morris, joined by Daniel, who could be seen taking a metal bar from somebody and hitting Morris on the hip area.

When Gunn stood up, he was punched again by Kevin Fisher and knocked to the ground once more.

The Fisher brothers, together with Dillon Hendra, who had now come out of his home, kicked Morris and Gunn while they were on the floor.

All defendants were charged with affray, other than Morris and Gunn, who admitted charges of using threatening, abusive words or behaviour.

Dillon Hendra was considered to have committed the most serious offence by kicking Morris in the head.

Jailing Hendra for six months, Judge Linford told him it was “an extremely dangerous thing to do”.

He added: “A kick to the head has often led someone to die, never do anything like that again.”

Hendra is currently serving a prison sentence for a separate offence and Judge Linford told him the six-month term would be served concurrently, meaning his current spell in prison will not be extended.

A grateful Hendra responded: “Than you so much, I won’t do something like this again.”

Sarah Hendra, who has several previous convictions, received a 28-day prison sentence suspended for one year.

Daniel and Kevin Fisher, both of whom have no previous convictions, were handed 12-month and 18-month community orders respectively, with the requirement of carrying out 120 hours on unpaid work.

Judge Linford told Daniel Fisher: “Striking someone with a metal bar was a potentially extremely dangerous thing to have done.”

Simon Gunn, who has a previous conviction for criminal damage and a caution for affray, was handed an 18-month community order with the requirement of carrying out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement sessions.

Wayne Morris, who has one previous irrelevant conviction, was handed an 18-month community order with the requirement of carrying out 80 hours of unpaid work.

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The seventh unnamed individual received a conditional discharge.

Judge Linford said it was a “significant incident of public disorder, activated by defendants who either ignited the touch paper of disorder or poured petrol on the flames thereafter”.

He told all defendants: “Nobody could have complained with an immediate sentence of imprisonment, I took a chance of deferring sentence in the hope it reduce the temperature between the warring factions and it seems to have worked.”