Netherton man who escaped from Liverpool Crown Court hands himself in to police
Nicolas Bunclark jumped over the dock rail and ran off after being sentenced by the judge
A man from Netherton who fled the dock at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday 3 January after being jailed has been taken into custody.
Nicholas Bunclark, aged 30 from Netherton was sentenced to 16 months for assault at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday afternoon before he fled the courtroom.
He did a bunk by jumping over the dock rail and despite being chased by security staff he managed to flee from the Derby Square building.
He has now been remanded into custody after speaking with police and handing himself in.
He'd pleaded guilty to assaulting Connor Wilson at a hostel in Leyland Road, Southport on November 19, 2021.
Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, told the court that the victim was awoken in his bed by being hit in the face with his own rugby ball.
He found Bunclark and two other men in his room and Bunclark told him to get out and the other man, who had thrown the ball, punched him.
Mr Wilson, who was bleeding, went downstairs to the reception for help but the two men followed and in the ensuing pushing, shoving and arguing they both punched him and he fell to the floor unconscious.
He suffered a fractured cheek bone but was too afraid to go to hospital in case he was attacked again and while it has since healed it constantly clicks. In an impact statement he told how he has had to move out of Merseyside as a result and his mental health has suffered.
Jailing Bunclark, who has previous convictions for violence, Judge Garrett Byrne said that he has a history of breaching court orders and there is no realistic prospect of rehabilitation.