Decklan Davenport, 27, and Cameron Davenport, 21, were handed suspended sentences
Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester city centre(Image: MEN Media)
Two brothers who armed themselves ‘with a stick’ and attacked a man after a stone was thrown at their car have been spared jail.
Decklan, 27, and Cameron Davenport, 21, were driving to their parent’s house in Sale on October 27, 2023 when a confrontation with a cyclist turned violent.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard the man on the bicycle ‘made remarks’ and hurled a stone at their vehicle, causing damage.
Prosecuting, John Richards said the pair followed the man to Kingston Close in Sale – a dead-end street – and confronted him.
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The cyclist, who did not provide a statement, emerged with a baseball bat and was seen swinging it towards the car, the court heard. The brothers then got out and struck him with a stick, leaving him with a 10cm head wound that required hospital treatment.
Kingston Close in Sale, where the incident took place(Image: Google Maps)
Judge Maurice Greene said CCTV footage of the clash showed the victim was also ‘looking for trouble’, but told both Decklan and Cameron Davenport they had behaved in a ‘thuggish’ way.
The court heard Decklan also drove the car ‘pretty much at’ the victim. Judge Green warned: “It could have ended up with very serious charges.”
Defending, Ellen Shaw said there had been ‘some provocation’ before the incident, but the pair had ‘taken it too far’.
Shaw said: “On a different day they may well have acted more appropriately.”
Judge Greene told the defendants that driving away would have been the ‘sensible thing to do’, adding: “Had there not been CCTV they would not be here.”
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Both pleaded guilty to affray and possessing an offensive weapon, while Decklan also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
Decklan Davenport, of Braemar Drive, Sale, was sentenced to a total sentence of 14 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and banned from driving for a year with an extensive retest required.
Cameron Davenport, also of Braemar Drive, Sale, was handed a 10 month sentence suspended for 14 months.
Both were ordered to complete 10 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 100 hours of unpaid work.