Tunbridge Wells man makes threats to kill immediately after release from prison
The 28-year-old had just been released, following a sentence linked to assaults and abuse in Rusthall last year.
Last updated 22nd Nov 2024
Just hours after being released from prison, a man from Tunbridge Wells was, arrested, after he made threats to cut a person’s throat.
Callum Jefferys, who is now back in prison, was outside a property in Rusthall in August, when he started started shouting threats which suggested he may also have had a knife. He then punched a hole in the victim’s fence.
The 28-year-old had just been released, following a sentence linked to assaults and abuse in Rusthall last year. He was arrested, charged and remanded in custody, pending the outcome of the latest investigation.
At Maidstone Crown Court, Jefferys pleaded guilty to making threats to kill as well as charges of criminal damage, which related to spitting and breaking a light in a police van, and urinating on the floor of a custody cell.
On 13 November, a community order which had been in place when he left prison in August was revoked.
Jefferys, of no fixed address, was sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment. Upon his release, he will be subject to a restraining order which includes measures restricting areas he can enter in Rusthall.
PC Adam Foreman said: ‘Jefferys’ actions have caused considerable fear, distress, and anxiety, not only to those he sought to threaten and intimidate, but also to the wider community in Rusthall Residents should be able to feel safe in their own homes and not have to endure his appalling behaviour and I hope that this latest sentence will provide some reassurance now that he is again back in prison.’