{"id":170761,"date":"2025-06-09T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170761\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:08:10","slug":"angry-man-who-chased-and-punched-teenagers-playing-knock-door-run-is-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170761\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry man who chased and punched teenagers playing &#8216;knock door run&#8217; is jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Tonkinson saw red when a group of children kicked his door during a game and ran off<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_jordan-tonkinson.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Tonkinson\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Jordan Tonkinson(Image: WMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man who saw red and punched two teenagers for kicking his front door and running off has been jailed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Jordan Tonkinson lost his temper after half a dozen children who were playing &#8216;knock door run&#8217;, targeted his address in Gower Street, Willenhall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tonkinson chased after the group when one of them kicked his door and ran away last December 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/crimes-happen-most-often-your-31800705\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: The crimes which happen most often on your doorstep on Midlands streets &#8211; check your area<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He managed to catch up with two of the group and dragged them back towards his address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 29-year-old lined them up outside his home and told them to apologise before punching them both in the face multiple times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One of them suffered a cut above their eye and the other cracked teeth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He threatened to kill one of them unless they handed over their mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Once in his possession he threw the phone on the ground and smashed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The boys managed to escape and informed <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object] Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong> <\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Tonkinson was arrested on suspicion of assault and robbery which he initially denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers were able build up a strong case of evidence to prove he was responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He went on to admit the offences and was sentenced to four years at Wolverhampton Crown Court last Monday (2 June).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jordan Tonkinson saw red when a group of children kicked his door during a game and ran offJordan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,9163,748,188,393,4884,16,15,7830,25039],"class_list":{"0":"post-170761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-black-country","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-west-midlands-police","17":"tag-willenhall"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114654511412672801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}