Corby man jailed over machete incident
It's after police received a 999 call last December
A Corby man who ran into the street naked while brandishing a machete has been jailed.
On the morning of December 15 last year, Northamptonshire Police received a 999 call reporting that a man was making threats in Mendip Way in Little Stanion.
When Response officers arrived on scene, they found Trevor Evans, aged 46, naked in the street and acting belligerently.
Witnesses described how Evans had become aggressive after being asked to turn his loud music down, coming out of his flat with the weapon and making threats to harm a man while standing in the way of his car.
Evans then discarded the machete in a plant pot, where it was later found and confiscated by officers.
Following the incident, Evans was charged with possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place, and exposure with the intention of causing alarm or distress under the Sexual Offences Act.
Evans, of Mendip Way, indicated guilty pleas to both charges at a court hearing on December 18, and on Friday, May 24, appeared at Northampton Crown Court for sentence.
He's been ordered to serve a total of 16 months in prison and to pay a victim surcharge of £187, with a forfeiture order made for the machete.
A previously imposed three-year community order was revoked as part of Evans’ sentence. This had been made at Nottingham Crown Court on November 6, 2023, after he had been found guilty of one count of sexual activity in the presence of a child.
Speaking afterwards, investigating officer PC Hayley Wollacott, of Public Protection, said:
“Trevor Evans was already a convicted sex offender when this incident happened. The judge in his previous case had made it very clear that any further criminal activity or breach of his sentence conditions would result in him going to jail.
“Despite this, when he was asked to be a more considerate neighbour on December 15 he chose to react in the most extreme of ways, going into the street naked and armed to make threats against people.
“Anyone who decides to carry a weapon like this should expect to be dealt with robustly, as should anyone who thinks it is acceptable to expose themselves to cause distress or fear to others.
“Serious violence and sexual offences are taken very seriously by Northamptonshire Police, and I’m pleased this stance has been reflected by the court in Trevor Evans’ custodial sentence.”