A violent troublemaker and his girlfriend went to the home along with two accomplices in the middle of the night, a court heard
Jordan Robinson(Image: Hull Live)
A violent troublemaker viciously lashed out with a hammer during a “horrendous” attack after he and two accomplices went to a man’s home on a nasty revenge mission after 2am. Aggressive and threatening bully Jordan Robinson was wearing a balaclava when he angrily knocked on the door, pretended to be the police and started swinging the hammer around after the unsuspecting man opened the door.
The frightening attack continued inside the house after the three intruders barged their way inside. Robinson continued making threats with the hammer. He brought his girlfriend along for the confrontation and she later went inside the house too, Hull Crown Court heard.
Robinson, 31, of Hull, but recently of no fixed address, and his girlfriend, Lauren Tindall, 23, of Weymouth Close, Bransholme, Hull, both admitted aggravated burglary on August 21. Robinson pleaded guilty on the day of a scheduled trial.
Cathy Kioko-Gilligan, prosecuting, said that, at about 2am, the man was in bed at his home when he was awoken by the sound of extremely loud banging on the door of a porch. He believed that it might be the police and he looked out but could not see anything.
The thudding on the door continued and he went up to it and asked: “Who is it?” He thought he heard someone say “Police” so he got dressed and went to the front door.
Robinson was wearing a balaclava and he was with two other males, who were not disguised. Robinson blocked the door’s spy hole so that the occupier could not see who was outside.
The man opened the door and he was confronted by Robinson and the two other males. Robinson swung a hammer towards him and there was a struggle.
The man tried to close the door but he was pushed back against a radiator, which gave way and began flooding the porch. Robinson’s balaclava slipped and the occupier recognised him.
Robinson continued to hit out with the hammer, some of the blows making contact with the man’s shoulder but narrowly missing his head. The door was damaged. Tindall had been outside but she went inside.
The occupier retreated into the kitchen but Robinson followed him and threatened him with the hammer. The man’s ex-girlfriend and two children, aged 13 and 12, were upstairs at the time.
The woman went to the stairs because of the “commotion” and told the intruders to leave. Robinson continued to swing the hammer through a gap in the kitchen door and he grabbed and snapped in half a broom that the woman had with her. She retreated to the stairs. Tindall had left by this stage.
Robinson left the house. The occupiers realised afterwards that an electric bicycle, valued at £1,500, and bought as a Christmas present for one of the children, had been stolen.
Police went to Tindall’s home later that day. The stolen electric bicycle was found.
Robinson was not arrested until September 30. The other two males were not identified. The motive for the raid on the man’s house might have been alleged violent behaviour by him towards a woman with links to Robinson, the court heard.
Robinson had convictions for 41 previous offences, including being given a one-year suspended prison sentence in August 2024 for conspiracy to bring drugs into HMP Humber. He was in breach of that. Tindall had no previous convictions.
Natalie Dean, mitigating, said that Robinson took full responsibility for his actions and for involving Tindall. He had turned to drugs after suffering problems and he acted impulsively. He did not want to lose any more of his life because of his poor decisions.
Robinson, in custody on remand, had said: “It terrifies me as I know I can be a decent man. I actually know where I go wrong in life. I would like to apologise to everyone affected by my actions.
“None of this was supposed to happen. I am ashamed of my actions. I was not there to steal.” He said of Tindall: “I’m ashamed I dragged her into this.”
Adrian Strong, representing Tindall, said that she was deeply sorry and apologised for what she did. She was a “pleaser” and adapted her behaviour to try to please her boyfriend, Robinson.
“She decided to follow along,” said Mr Strong. “She did not have the strength of character to say ‘No’ but she knew that going with her partner in the middle of the night was not going to end well.
“She was at best a hanger-on. She wasn’t involved in any of the planning of this. She didn’t cause any of the injuries. She was caught up in something that wasn’t anything to do with her.”
Tindall had said: “I was blindsided and set up in a situation that had nothing to do with me. I know I need to take accountability. Honestly, if I could change everything, I would.”
Tindall, remanded in custody since August, had previously worked as a cleaner. She told the court when asked about Robinson: “I still want to support him.”
When asked about the violent incident, she said: “It’s horrendous. I should not have gone. I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”
Robinson was jailed for seven years. Tindall was jailed for 18 months but, because of her time in custody on remand, she was expected to be released shortly.
At a hearing in August 2024, the court was told that Robinson was in prison for robbery when he persuaded two women to join a cunning scheme to smuggle drugs worth up to £10,960 into the jail – secretly hidden in Adidas trainers. He arranged over the telephone for a parcel to be posted to HMP Humber containing the drug-laced training shoes but the plan fell apart when vigilant prison staff discovered the hidden stashes of powder.
A parcel of clothes, posted by Royal Mail, arrived at the prison on July 26, 2022, addressed to a prisoner who, at the time that it was sent, was on the same prison wing as Robinson. It contained a pair of Adidas trainers which, because of their design, were known to be a popular method of trafficking illicit items into prison.
An initial swab of the trainers detected the presence of Subutex, the brand name for the Class C drug buprenorphine, which is only legally available on prescription. On further examination of the trainers the following day, three separate plastic rolls of powder were found in the sole of each trainer.
Robinson had, at the August 2024 hearing, been given a one-year suspended prison sentence, 100 hours’ unpaid work and 15 days’ rehabilitation.
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