Overview
- The sentencing, which took place on Friday, September 25, 2026, saw Recorder Paul Reid impose seven years and two months in prison, a two-year extended licence and a seven-year driving ban.
- Prosecutors said the violence began after a feud escalated when Luke Lancaster posted footage of himself urinating on and kicking over the graves of the defendant’s father and brother.
- On 9 May the defendant and others stole a Massey Ferguson tractor and a hay baler from a Castlelevington farm and drove the tractor at speed into a terraced house on Priory Road linked to the rival, causing major structural damage while the house was empty.
- Five days later the defendant crashed a stolen Jaguar into a lamppost, suffered serious injuries and was found to be in possession of Class C drugs, while a passenger was seriously hurt; he admitted multiple offences from three separate incidents.
- The farmer who lost the tractor and baler has reported tens of thousands of pounds in losses and repairs, neighbours were forced from their home after earlier targeting, and police say the case is part of a wider organised-crime inquiry being pursued under Operation Sentinel.