After a lengthy chase he was stopped by a member of the public and police found him “covered in blood”
Police were flagged down by bouncers at The Space on Hirst’s Yard at 4am on November 21, 2021 and alerted to a large fight taking place in a nearby alleyway.
They could hear screaming and discovered a melee involving 10 men, one of which was 20-year-old Malachi Williams of Burmantofts, who was seen standing over a male and stamping on his head.grabbed him. Williams escaped though – tearing his shirt in the process – and ran off towards Briggate, throwing down barriers as he did so to try and impede the police officers chasing him..
The identity of the man that Williams stamped on was not established but he was charged with affray and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced atIn mitigation, the court heard that Williams had not instigated the fight and was only trying to find his friend amid the crowd of bodies when a man “came in his direction and barged his head in to his stomach area”. The man then fell to the floor and Williams stamped on his head.
Williams said that seeing CCTV of the incident had left him “horrified by the footage and the fact he had acted in that way”.Statements given by friends and family of Williams described him as “caring and compassionate” and “someone that goes out of his for other people”. He also had no previous convictions.
Sentencing Williams, Judge Robin Mairs said that the stamp could have had “disastrous consequences”, adding: “This court has seen time and time again manslaughter or murder cases where people are kicked or stamped on the head and the awful consequences you get.He sentenced Williams to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, and ordered him to carry 120 hours of unpaid work. He was also oredered to pay £85 to the court.
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