Grandma waved knife around at random family after being told she could not see her grandchildren
46-YEAR-OLD SPARED JAIL
A GRIMSBY grandmother walked down a street waving a knife around after being told she could not see her grandchildren.
Kerry Challenor, 46, has been spared a prison sentence after the bizarre incident in July last year.
Grimsby Crown Court heard how a family unrelated to Challenor consisting of a mother, her adult stepson and two young children, were at their home in Newhaven Terrace, Grimsby, when they heard banging at the door.
Ian Durant, prosecuting, told the court a child opened the door to see Challenor standing there holding a knife.
Mr Durant said: “The young boy shouted, ‘She’s got a knife,’ prompting his older brother to go to the door. He confronted her and asked why she was outside the property with the knife. “He told her there were children there and she said, ‘I don’t give a **** if you have kids what do I care?’” Challenor continued to wave the knife around, bang on the windows of the property and shout until the man attempted to get the knife out of her hand.
A struggled ensued and Challenor’s hand was cut.
The man threw the knife into the River Freshney. Humberside Police officers had already been called by concerned neighbours who had seen Challenor walking along Newhaven Terrace with the knife in her hand.
They found her slumped against a brick wall with blood on her hand and the floor beneath her.
The court heard that when she was taken to hospital Challenor told a
It seems to me you need to be reminded of your obligation not to do stupid things like this
Recorder Anthony Kelbrick
police officer that she had taken a knife. She later said in a statement she had been using the knife when she saw the mother of her grandchildren, who she was not able to contact at the time. Recorder Anthony Kelbrick told the court that Challenor had forgotten she had the knife in her hand and had taken it when she went to confront the woman.
He said: “You were upset because of the fact your grandchildren had been put out of contact with you or you were in a position where you could not contact them.
“There are ways which you could deal with that and you should have gone down that route. You saw her walking past and you went out to confront her. You say you forgot to put the knife down while you were using it and you did not use it but waved it about. “It seems to me you need to be reminded of your obligation not to do stupid things like this.” Recorder Kelbrick made Challenor the subject of a year-long community order.
As she left the dock, Challenor promised the judge she would “not be coming back” to the court.