WARRINGTON: Is this justice?

Is this justice?

A YOB, arrested in the wake of Garry Newlove's death, kicked another man in the face telling him "I'm in the right mind to stamp on your head".

The attack was so severe yet his lawyer said there was little he could offer by way of an excuse or reason and Kevin Fenlon was handed an anti-social behaviour order on Monday.

Fenlon, aged 18, is banned from congregating in groups of three or more, drinking alcohol in a public place and associating with four people - one of whom is 18-year-old Adam Swellings - for at

Kevin Fenlon leaves Warrington Magistrates' Court
on Monday after being handed an ASBO least two years.

Swellings, from Crewe, is set to stand trial charged with the murder of Garry Newlove in November.

Warrington Magistrates' Court heard how Fenlon, from Blackledge Close, Cinnamon Brow, had been arrested but released without charge over Mr Newlove's death.

It was that "defining" experience that led him to change his pleas from not guilty to guilty on the day of this trial, said Gary Heaven, defending.

Fenlon was charged with assault by beating and using threatening words or behaviour when he kicked the man in the face on November 11 last year.

He was also charged with two counts of damaging property and one of using threatening words or behaviour on January 19.

On that occasion he launched an attack on a house in Aspinall Close, Fearnhead, smashing windows and shouting threats to the occupants.

"He comes across as being relatively unsympathetic to the situation the victims found themselves in," said Mr Heaven.

"There is very little by way of mitigation I could offer to alleviate the level of seriousness here, particularly in relation to the assault," he said.

Fenlon originally pleaded not guilty to all counts except that of using threatening words or behaviour on November 11.

He changed all his pleas to guilty on August 13 - the day after Mr Newlove died.

Fenlon received a three-month prison sentence in a young offenders institution suspended for a year.

He has an electronic tag and must also obey a 9pm to 7am curfew for three months and pay £1,405.93 costs and compensation.

"This is an excellent example of actively targeting people who show anti-social behaviour," said Warrington East Inspector Derek Lockie.

"We want to take this active stance and make dealing with this a priority," he said.

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