Forget about revenge, judge warns attacker

RESTRAINING ORDER NOW MADE OVER ‘HONEY TRAP’ KIDNAP CASE

- CARL JACKSON Court Reporter

A THUG has been warned by a judge not to take revenge on his onetime friends who involved him in a sick ‘honeytrap’ attack.

David Bambrough allowed his flat in Small Heath to be used by associates Daniel Aston, Steven Baker, his son Matthew Baker and Shannon Wolleter to beat up Anthony Cooper after they kidnapped him on October 3, 2021.

He also joined in the attack by kicking the victim, for which he admitted assault, but was the only one spared jail last month.

Meanwhile, the other four were sent down having admitted more serious offences of kidnap and unlawful wounding.

Bambrough, aged 41, and now from Moseley, was back at Birmingham Crown Court, along with Matthew Baker, in order to be made the subject of a restraining order banning them from contact with Mr Cooper.

During the hearing, Judge Dean Kershaw confirmed he had received information from ‘various sources’ alleging that Bambrough had made comments about ‘wanting to get people who had got him into this’