Overview

• Carl Wild admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and aggravated burglary while Simone Reed and Lee Wild pleaded guilty to encouraging arson and a public order offence respectively.
• All three entered their pleas at Teesside Crown Court on August 6 on the first day of a scheduled three-week trial that was set to include an attempted murder charge.
• Judge Francis Laird KC ordered reports to assess dangerousness and character before sentencing on October 9, with Wild remanded in custody and Reed and Lee Wild released on conditional bail.
• The Crown Prosecution Service approved reduced charges in exchange for guilty pleas after the February 15 attack outside Peggy Junes bar that left three people with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
• Cleveland Police’s inquiry into the incident has intensified scrutiny of late-night venue safety in Redcar.