Teenage gunman jailed for threatening family with shotgun (From Daily Echo)
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Charlie Rockett gunman caged for threatening family with shotgun in Southampton
1:00pm Thursday 14th March 2013 in News
By Patrick Knox, Senior Reporter
Charlie Rockett.
A TEENAGER who threatened to kill a father and son and then their family with a sawn-off shotgun is today beginning a three-year sentence behind bars.
Jurors took less than one hour to find Charlie Rockett, 18, guilty of subjecting Paul Bryan and his son Sam to a terrifying ordeal with the deadly weapon.
During a three-day trial they heard how Rockett approached the pair as they shifted furniture from a block of flats in Kingsdown Way, in Townhill, Southampton, in October.
For no apparent reason he accused Sam of “disrespecting him” before becoming furious when he refused to apologise.
The gunman then warned he would blow Sam’s head off and when his dad tried to calm him down Rockett extended the threat to the whole family.
Paul Bryan asked why he needed the gun and was told it was because he was a drug dealer and once shot someone in the knee.
Jurors heard how he then gestured from a stairwell window to a passing woman with a pushchair, boasting how he could shoot her if he pleased.
Seconds later police arrived.
Panicking, Rockett hid the gun, before trying to escape.
But challenged at gunpoint by armed police, he dropped to his knees and put his hand to his head. He was then arrested.
Sentencing, Judge Patrick Hooton told him: “You had no defence – everyone saw you with the shotgun. You must have known that the writing was on the wall for you.
“First of all you put other people in fear of their lives, and secondly, as a weapon, if it gets into the wrong hands it can cause death or serious injury.
“And the fact was that you had been drinking all day and, with a sense of bravado, you turned up thinking you could frighten everything in sight.
“Now you have to pay the price because having a sawn-off shotgun always gets a substantial prison sentence.”
Throughout the trial, Rockett, of no fixed address, denied possessing a gun without a certificate and affray and passed the chance to defend himself.
But after being found guilty he admitted hiding the gun for someone else – although he would not say who. Defence barrister Susan Ridge said: “Perhaps he is scared of the consequence if he does.”
She said drink and drugs had a large role in his behaviour.
Comments(44)
roofspace
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3:30pm Thu 14 Mar 13
rich the stitch wrote:If you think it is a soft option with free food and accommodation, comfy chair supplied + tv all day - why aren't you in there rather than on the outside griping about it?
So, he'll do 18months with a roof over his head, have meals cooked everyday for him whilst he sits and watches tv all day, that'll teach him
townieboy
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3:37pm Thu 14 Mar 13
ll that.
rich the stitch
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3:45pm Thu 14 Mar 13
roofspace wrote:I have a family and a job which I enjoy.
rich the stitch wrote: So, he'll do 18months with a roof over his head, have meals cooked everyday for him whilst he sits and watches tv all day, that'll teach himIf you think it is a soft option with free food and accommodation, comfy chair supplied + tv all day - why aren't you in there rather than on the outside griping about it?
I know someone who was sentenced to 40 months, he's been in Ford for the past 6 months. He gets let out twice a month on day visits and also 5 days every 28 days for a week visit. Does a couple of hours work each day then spends the rest of it watching tv, smoking and using the gym. Hardly punishment. So yes, I do think such a short term is a soft option. Do you think 3 years (18months for good behaviour) for having a sawn off and threatening innocent people is the correct sentence?
Forest Resident
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3:48pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Eric_Cartman
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4:43pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Pathetic
wormwood
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4:47pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Forest Resident wrote:The judge had no other option as it is a three year mandatory sentences for this type of crime
3 years? No wonder gun crime is on the increase if patheticly soft sentences like this are what criminals can expect. The judge should be ashamed of himself, this offers no deterrent whatsoever and very little protection to the law abiding public.
bigal007
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4:50pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Thrush
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5:33pm Thu 14 Mar 13
lambo83
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6:24pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood
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6:32pm Thu 14 Mar 13
lambo83 wrote:Trust me they should of not I was on that jury and the Echo have not given you all the facts
The armed police should have just shot him and done everyone a favour.
lambo83
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6:41pm Thu 14 Mar 13
How does that sound?
wormwood
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7:41pm Thu 14 Mar 13
lambo83 wrote:like you are are an idiot
Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him.
How does that sound?
1 the gun was not loaded
2 you are an idiot
3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
Queen Victoria
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8:09pm Thu 14 Mar 13
bigal007 wrote:Since when have you known anyone who has actually got anything near 7yrs for a knife.
thats not very long at all as u get 7 years for a knife he got of easy
wormwood
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8:23pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood wrote:so if any one else want's to go off on about this case that they no northing about let me know
lambo83 wrote:like you are are an idiot
Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him.
How does that sound?
1 the gun was not loaded
2 you are an idiot
3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
lambo83
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8:37pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood wrote:Judging by your spelling and use of punctuation, you're almost certainly an idiot.
wormwood wrote:so if any one else want's to go off on about this case that they no northing about let me knowlambo83 wrote: Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him. How does that sound?like you are are an idiot 1 the gun was not loaded 2 you are an idiot 3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
business-guru
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8:40pm Thu 14 Mar 13
voiceof thepeople
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8:44pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood
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8:48pm Thu 14 Mar 13
lambo83 wrote:well that would makes two of us at least i was proud to step up and be a juror un like you. don't comment on things you don't now anything about and yes you are an idiot
wormwood wrote:Judging by your spelling and use of punctuation, you're almost certainly an idiot.
wormwood wrote:so if any one else want's to go off on about this case that they no northing about let me knowlambo83 wrote: Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him. How does that sound?like you are are an idiot 1 the gun was not loaded 2 you are an idiot 3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
imspacedout
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9:01pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Sir Ad E Noid
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9:38pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood wrote:Not interested if you were on the Jury, this toe rag waved a weapon about and nobody was to know it wasn't loaded. "Disrespecting me", oh yes I will. That toe rag deserves nothing, especially not you trying to defend him. Disrespect, he has done jack apart from being an a**e.
lambo83 wrote:well that would makes two of us at least i was proud to step up and be a juror un like you. don't comment on things you don't now anything about and yes you are an idiot
wormwood wrote:Judging by your spelling and use of punctuation, you're almost certainly an idiot.
wormwood wrote:so if any one else want's to go off on about this case that they no northing about let me knowlambo83 wrote: Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him. How does that sound?like you are are an idiot 1 the gun was not loaded 2 you are an idiot 3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
cantthinkofone
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9:54pm Thu 14 Mar 13
wormwood
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9:55pm Thu 14 Mar 13
Sir Ad E Noid wrote:all i can say you are very sad people and i am glad i dont have to sit with you ****
wormwood wrote:Not interested if you were on the Jury, this toe rag waved a weapon about and nobody was to know it wasn't loaded. "Disrespecting me", oh yes I will. That toe rag deserves nothing, especially not you trying to defend him. Disrespect, he has done jack apart from being an a**e.
lambo83 wrote:well that would makes two of us at least i was proud to step up and be a juror un like you. don't comment on things you don't now anything about and yes you are an idiot
wormwood wrote:Judging by your spelling and use of punctuation, you're almost certainly an idiot.
wormwood wrote:so if any one else want's to go off on about this case that they no northing about let me knowlambo83 wrote: Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him. How does that sound?like you are are an idiot 1 the gun was not loaded 2 you are an idiot 3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
cantthinkofone
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11:05pm Thu 14 Mar 13
SouthamptonLegend
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1:51am Fri 15 Mar 13
voiceof thepeople wrote:AGREED!!!
..here you go then wormwood, I'll have a go .....a gun doesn't need to be loaded to be very scary, and another thing - you are a tw@t
SouthamptonLegend
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1:53am Fri 15 Mar 13
cantthinkofone wrote:Sounds pretty racist to me
Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!
SouthamptonLegend
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1:56am Fri 15 Mar 13
SouthamptonLegend wrote:Wait....
cantthinkofone wrote:Sounds pretty racist to me
Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!
WTF?
Anyway, the 1980's want their racism back! U knob
David Icke
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6:57am Fri 15 Mar 13
SouthamptonLegend wrote:It's Townhill not Thornhill, read stories properly before your write your normal boll*cks
SouthamptonLegend wrote:Wait.... WTF? Anyway, the 1980's want their racism back! U knobcantthinkofone wrote: Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!Sounds pretty racist to me
Pikey-Biker
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8:00am Fri 15 Mar 13
David Icke
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8:17am Fri 15 Mar 13
****-Biker wrote:Did someone just ****?
Fine talk from someone in a purple shell suit
Taskforce 141
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8:27am Fri 15 Mar 13
wormwood wrote:Jesus Christ! This is why the criminal justice system is fracked!
lambo83 wrote:like you are are an idiot
Ok in that case I'll negotiate and say that they should have stamped on his toe and poked him in the eye in lieu of shooting him.
How does that sound?
1 the gun was not loaded
2 you are an idiot
3 you never herd the case so don't amuse you no all the facts you rely on a paper that was not in court for the whole case
We got retards like wormwood on the jury who thinks its acceptable to threaten innocent people with a gun because "the gun was not loaded".
The case should be looked at from the victims point of view, did the victims believe the gun was loaded and did that reasonable belief lead to them fearing for their lives? If yes then a 10 year sentence should be the minimum which will allow, for good behaviour, release in 5-7 years which sounds far more proportionate.
Sadly the UK is a push over when it comes to crime and that is one of the reasons our crime rate is high.
Wormwood if you could do us all a favour and not breed it would be greatly appreciated as we do not need more idiots diluting the gene pool.
Thank you.
Pikey-Biker
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9:03am Fri 15 Mar 13
David Icke wrote:yes David, not sure if was a f**t or someone just talking out of thier @rse
****-Biker wrote: Fine talk from someone in a purple shell suitDid someone just ****?
Raxx
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9:46am Fri 15 Mar 13
David Icke wrote:Thornnhill *area* you plonker. Thornhill, Townhill, Bitterne, Sholing etc.
SouthamptonLegend wrote:It's Townhill not Thornhill, read stories properly before your write your normal boll*cks
SouthamptonLegend wrote:Wait.... WTF? Anyway, the 1980's want their racism back! U knobcantthinkofone wrote: Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!Sounds pretty racist to me
David Icke
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11:34am Fri 15 Mar 13
****-Biker wrote:It was f.a.r.t, as in 'i.ve just heard from an @rsehole'. I think you've been wearing your helmet too tight.
David Icke wrote:yes David, not sure if was a f**t or someone just talking out of thier @rse****-Biker wrote: Fine talk from someone in a purple shell suitDid someone just ****?
David Icke
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11:43am Fri 15 Mar 13
Raxx wrote:Is this the national day of the peni5?
David Icke wrote:Thornnhill *area* you plonker. Thornhill, Townhill, Bitterne, Sholing etc.SouthamptonLegend wrote:It's Townhill not Thornhill, read stories properly before your write your normal boll*cksSouthamptonLegend wrote:Wait.... WTF? Anyway, the 1980's want their racism back! U knobcantthinkofone wrote: Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!Sounds pretty racist to me
Townhill is not near thorn bl..dy hill.
Thornhill area has nothing to do with the Townhill area, and in no way are they related.
Go back to sleep you mong.
cantthinkofone
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12:24pm Fri 15 Mar 13
David Icke wrote:Look at a bleedin map you tinfoilhatter. Townhill Way is only about 800m away from Thornhill Park Road.
Raxx wrote:Is this the national day of the peni5?
David Icke wrote:Thornnhill *area* you plonker. Thornhill, Townhill, Bitterne, Sholing etc.SouthamptonLegend wrote:It's Townhill not Thornhill, read stories properly before your write your normal boll*cksSouthamptonLegend wrote:Wait.... WTF? Anyway, the 1980's want their racism back! U knobcantthinkofone wrote: Why is it always this particular ethnic group causing all the violence around the Thornhill area? I'm no racist, but it can't be a coincidence surely!Sounds pretty racist to me
Townhill is not near thorn bl..dy hill.
Thornhill area has nothing to do with the Townhill area, and in no way are they related.
Go back to sleep you mong.
Pikey-Biker
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3:17pm Fri 15 Mar 13
David Icke wrote:Well I didn’t hear so it must have come from yours
****-Biker wrote:It was f.a.r.t, as in 'i.ve just heard from an @rsehole'. I think you've been wearing your helmet too tight.David Icke wrote:yes David, not sure if was a f**t or someone just talking out of thier @rse****-Biker wrote: Fine talk from someone in a purple shell suitDid someone just ****?
kiddynamite
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3:50pm Fri 15 Mar 13
cantthinkofone
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4:12pm Fri 15 Mar 13
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Townhill Boyz Massiv in da hood innit blud!
Inform Al
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7:40pm Fri 15 Mar 13
roofspace wrote:It is a soft option and if I ever need constant care and attention I will continue to smash jewellers shop windows until I get sentenced to HMs hostel where I will be looked after. Trouble is I will probably expire before getting lucky and recieving the three square meals a day and warden service 24/7.
rich the stitch wrote:If you think it is a soft option with free food and accommodation, comfy chair supplied + tv all day - why aren't you in there rather than on the outside griping about it?
So, he'll do 18months with a roof over his head, have meals cooked everyday for him whilst he sits and watches tv all day, that'll teach him
cantthinkofone
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9:37pm Fri 15 Mar 13
Inform Al wrote:"if I ever need constant care and attention I will continue to smash jewellers shop windows until..."
roofspace wrote:It is a soft option and if I ever need constant care and attention I will continue to smash jewellers shop windows until I get sentenced to HMs hostel where I will be looked after. Trouble is I will probably expire before getting lucky and recieving the three square meals a day and warden service 24/7.
rich the stitch wrote:If you think it is a soft option with free food and accommodation, comfy chair supplied + tv all day - why aren't you in there rather than on the outside griping about it?
So, he'll do 18months with a roof over his head, have meals cooked everyday for him whilst he sits and watches tv all day, that'll teach him
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I'm rather surprised by this Al, you don't seem the type. You really should stop, you'll get into trouble eventually.
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I hope you've been using a proxy in case the police request your ISP!
Inform Al
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6:50pm Sun 17 Mar 13
cantthinkofone wrote:I live in what is supposed to be Supported accommodation, it's a bad joke with staff going home at 4.30 ish each day and no staff at weekends except for about an hour each day. There is also no live in warden on site. Although I myself do not need care, yet, I feel for those here that really could do with getting the care we pay for. Some here would be far better of in prison.
Inform Al wrote:"if I ever need constant care and attention I will continue to smash jewellers shop windows until..."
roofspace wrote:It is a soft option and if I ever need constant care and attention I will continue to smash jewellers shop windows until I get sentenced to HMs hostel where I will be looked after. Trouble is I will probably expire before getting lucky and recieving the three square meals a day and warden service 24/7.
rich the stitch wrote:If you think it is a soft option with free food and accommodation, comfy chair supplied + tv all day - why aren't you in there rather than on the outside griping about it?
So, he'll do 18months with a roof over his head, have meals cooked everyday for him whilst he sits and watches tv all day, that'll teach him
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I'm rather surprised by this Al, you don't seem the type. You really should stop, you'll get into trouble eventually.
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I hope you've been using a proxy in case the police request your ISP!
kiddynamite
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1:56pm Wed 20 Mar 13
.....Nah it aint you ****!
dandydandan
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3:53pm Sun 7 Apr 13
lambo83 wrote:people deserve what they get every think happens for a reason
The armed police should have just shot him and done everyone a favour.
rich the stitch says...
3:06pm Thu 14 Mar 13