Vice-girl patrol man Jordan Tudge 'regrets' slap attack on street worker
A MEMBER of a group set up to rid city streets of kerb crawlers has been handed a six-month community order for slapping a prostitute.
Jordan Tudge must also undertake 50 hours of unpaid work, pay court costs of £200 and £30 compensation to his victim, whom he struck once in the face in a Normanton takeaway.
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Jordan Tudge
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court was told he was on patrol with the group at the time of the assault, on August 16 this year, but Tudge, 24, previously denied that he was.
Tudge, of Hawthorn Street, Allenton, had previously pleaded guilty to assault when he appeared at the same court at a previous hearing last month.
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Sentencing him, magistrate Bernard Peters said: "The assault may not have been the most serious but the circumstances as to why you were in the area are a concern to us, as are the circumstances as to how you selected your victim.
"That all makes the offence very serious. A community order is appropriate."
George Speed, prosecuting, told the court how Tudge was with a group of men on the night of the assault.
Mr Speed said: "Mr Tudge belongs to a group of young men who take exception to drug dealers and sex workers on the street.
"On August 16, he was on a so-called patrol when, at 11pm, three females – who accept they were prostitutes – walked into the takeaway in Normanton Road.
"CCTV captures Mr Tudge walk into the premises, up to one of the girls and slap her once to the left side of the face.
"He asks her words to the effect of 'why do you come here? You do not have permission to be here'.
"She turns to ask him a question and he replied along the lines of 'don't ask me nothing', before walking back outside to where this group of men are waiting."
Mr Speed said the three women then left the takeaway, where they were verbally abused by the group outside.
He said: "They (the group) follow the three girls, making threats about setting them on fire."
Marcelle Simmonds, for Tudge, said her client regretted attacking the prostitute.
She said: "If given the opportunity, he would apologise to the victim. He is remorseful, he is sorry and he regrets the incident. He says nothing like this will ever happen again."
Det Sgt John Murphy, who is based at Derby's Pear Tree police station, described the incident as "an unjustified attack on a young female" and welcomed the sentence.
He said: "We are very pleased with the punishment dealt out by the courts. We would urge anyone who is a victim of an assault to contact us."
The Derby Telegraph tried to contact Uthman Ali, the leader of the anti-prostitute patrols, but he did not return any calls.
Comments
by stableblock
Friday, November 16 2012, 7:37AM
“please leave the patrols to the police and this would not happen,
how can a person not trained patrol an area,
come on no vigilantes here”
by Derby_born
Thursday, November 15 2012, 6:17PM
“"Calls to 101 (from both landlines and mobile networks) cost 15 pence per call, no matter what time of day you call, or how long you are on the phone". http://tinyurl.com/c3ec38p”
by sniffer
Thursday, November 15 2012, 4:09PM
“@greeneyes how very right you are,never a truerword said”
by WillCroft3
Thursday, November 15 2012, 4:06PM
“He was a Big man hitting a woman, I bet he was sorry; sorry he was caught.
He should have had 500 hours unpaid work, Cleaning up the old Celanese site.”
by Tintin
Thursday, November 15 2012, 2:35PM
“There have been two recent stories in DET recently where a man attacked his pregnant girlfriend & was jailed, there was another drunkard who punched a woman in the street in an unprovoked attack & left her lying on the floor.
I noticed that John aka Santa failed to comment on these two violent attacks against women but labels Jordan Tudge's a slap as a vicious attack. Maybe it's got something to do with that axe he is trying to grind. Get a grip John! A slap is hardly a vicious attack.”
by mark_sinfin
Thursday, November 15 2012, 10:33AM
“by Filnzero
Thursday, November 15 2012, 8:47AM
"Ma_Xmas......The trick selling industry is oldest profession in the world!"
often wondered if this was true then where did the first punters get their money to pay for it?”
by Becks_343
Thursday, November 15 2012, 9:58AM
“No, she shouldn't be out selling tricks, she should be tucked up at home safe from these fanatical idiots. No-one chooses to be out on the streets at night selling their body to men that can't control their urges. If given the choice of a job many of us take for granted and doing this to herself for drugs, I guarantee any woman would choose a normal life.”
by ProudBrit1
Thursday, November 15 2012, 9:27AM
“Did she proposition this scum? NO, Was she in the takeaway to buy food? YES. So for what apparent reason did a person that lives in Allenton, Happen to be in Normanton at that time of night on a so called Patrol (Vigilanty group more like). It is the job of the Police to deal with these women not gimp's like him and his cronies.”
by Gargloit
Thursday, November 15 2012, 9:24AM
“"A MEMBER of a group set up to rid city streets of kerb crawlers has been handed a six-month community order for slapping a prostitute"
It would be better, perhaps, if the above was to read "...for slapping a woman because she was a prostitute."
A small difference maybe, but if Mr Tudge has been protesting about the presence of a gay club there and had punched a customer, it is unlikley that he would have been described as ...punching a homosexual.
The woman who was assaulted remains a woman first regardless of her trade.”
by Filnzero
Thursday, November 15 2012, 8:47AM
“Ma_Xmas......The trick selling industry is oldest profession in the world! Seems a whole load of self righteous dogooders are jumping on a moral band wagon with a sack full of misguided opinions. One thing is for sure, the oldest profession will always thrive. From street workers to high class hotel hoppers..........Aint no moral bandwagon gunna shift it! It is the oldest profession because there is always a demand. Consenting adults can do what they wish. That is a choice. However, this girl did not consent to being hit by some pious do gooding fanatic. I take exception to people like Mr 'Tug' who take the law into their own heavy hands! Happy Christmas Ma!”