A yob - shunned by his family after his mam murdered his aunty - attacked a woman with a spiked wooden pole.
Levi Metcalfe, 22, was "shunned by his family" after his mother, Marie Metcalfe, stabbed her sister to death, in a long running family feud, on Good Friday. Marie Metcalfe is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years.
On Wednesday, Teesside Crown Court heard that her son, Levi Metcalfe, turned up outside a house on Allerton Close in the Dyke House area of Hartlepool, to confront a boy who he said owed him money. The boy's mother came outside, after hearing the defendant shouting her son's name and "come out!" on August 31, last year.
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Prosecutor Joe Culley told the court that Metcalfe swung the wooden pole at the window then at the woman's head. She put her arms up to defend herself and the pole connected with her arm, before he hit her twice more.
The woman was left with two fractures to her arm and a puncture wound from the nail. One of the fractures "penetrated her skin" and she underwent an operation at the University Hospital of North Tees, in Stockton, where metal plates and pins were put in her arm.
Mr Culley said that Levi Metcalfe then began a campaign of intimidation against his victim - leaving her petrified. In messages to his victim's family members, Metcalfe wrote: "Watching The Grove everyday. She's got the kids to watch."
Another message to the boy, read: "Coming for you before jail. Got to make it worth the prison time. Everyone in town knows you're a grass. You deserve acid in your face just like your n**** of a mother." He then texted the boy: "I've just slaughtered your mam!."
Metcalfe, of Brougham Terrace, Hartlepool, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to:
- witness intimidation;
- the possession of an offensive weapon
- criminal damage.
He was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, after a trial, were the jury rejected his claim that he acted in self-defence. He has previous convictions for fraud and the possession of cannabis.
Calum McNicholas, defending, said that his client was "immature" for his age and that had been exacerbated by his "chaotic upbringing and lack of formal education."
Mr McNicholas said that Metcalfe "has been effectively shunned by his family, whilst his mother was sentenced for the murder of his aunty." The court heard that prison is "a positive thing" for Metcalfe as it provides "a structure that he's never had" and that he has passed his Level 2 and Level 3 in English and maths, wilst being held on remand in HMP Durham.
Judge Howard Crowson told Metcalfe: " You were angry and intoxicated. You swung the wood at her head. Both bones of her right forearm were fractured. You picked up the weapon from a nearby skip. Your mother was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of your aunt, leaving you with little support."
The judge jailed Metcalfe for five-years-and-eight-months. He was made the subject of an indefinite restraining order, prohibiting him from contacting his victim.
