Man avoids jail after ignoring warning to keep out of trouble

HE PREVIOUSLY THREATENED TO BLOW UP SISTER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE

- By MARK NAYLOR

A HOT-headed troublemaker who sent a menacing message threatening to blow up his sister-in-law’s house has narrowly avoided being jailed after ignoring a warning to keep out of trouble.

Steven Atkinson had already been spared prison once but he took no notice of the chance that he had been given and landed himself in hot water again, Hull Crown Court heard.

Atkinson, 39, of Cavill Place, off Linneaus Street, west Hull, originally admitted threatening to destroy property by blowing up a house belonging to his sister-in-law on May 26 last year. He also admitted damaging a window at her home on April 18 last year.

Atkinson had been given 100 hours’ unpaid work and 10 days’ rehabilitation at a hearing in May but he had “made next to no progress” on the order and admitted breaching it. He admitted a new offence of causing criminal damage on August 12.