Overview
- Ben Collins and Samuel Nicholson, both 25, pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon, affray and attempted kidnap and were each jailed for 28 months at York Crown Court.
- Jacob (Jakub) Jankowski, 21, admitted encouraging and assisting the offence and received a 12‑month community order with 180 hours of unpaid work.
- The April 19 incident in Eastfield involved two men in white hazmat suits carrying machetes who chased a man in his 20s, who escaped in a case of mistaken identity.
- A member of the public found two large machete‑style knives in a bin liner and two white hazmat suits stuffed into bushes, providing key evidence.
- Police said messages showed collusion to lure the victim and that Nicholson bought the suits and gloves days earlier, calling the plot an audacious attempt to cause significant harm.