Your Echo
Get involved: send your pictures, video, news and views by texting ECHONEWS to 80360, or email us Click here for details »
Beaten...for telling yobs to stop abuse
5:27pm Tuesday 13th May 2008
A MAN has spoken of his agonising recovery after thugs left him with a shattered pelvis and snapped hamstring.
Darren Sepple, 41, spoke as ringleader James Ryan was jailed for 18 months yesterday at Basildon Crown Court.
Window-cleaner Mr Sepple was battered after he asked the thugs to stop abusing waitresses at Chilli's restaurant, on Basildon's Festival Leisure Park.
He said: "It is 18 months since the attack and I am still not right. My pelvis was fractured in two places and my hamstring was also snapped. I have been unable to return to my job. It's hard not being able to do the things I used to do. I can't run or cycle any more, but at least I am on the mend."
Mr Sepple, who underwent a bone graft operation for his fractures, said he felt closure now Ryan, 46, had been brought to justice.
Witnesses to the attack, in 2006, said Ryan rained blows on Mr Sepple and continued to attack him as he lay unconscious on the ground.
Jailing Ryan, Judge Rupert Overbury told him: "You know your behaviour was totally disgraceful and seems to be born out of your bullying character."
Ryan, of Redditch Road, Alvechurch, Birmingham, has a string of convictions for violent offences.
Charges against another man, Patrick O'Connor, 24, of Fairbourne Avenue, Birmingham, were dropped, due to insufficient evidence.
Your Say YourEcho
Snake "The Vicar" Plissken, Escape from Bas Vegas says...
7:15pm Tue 13 May 08
Bas Vegas is definitely a bit of a violent hotspot at the moment.
Disgusted, Basildon says...
7:19pm Tue 13 May 08
Well I would say no deterrent at all. These sorts of people should be sent away for at least 5 years.
The thug should be given a sentence that will make him think again about doing this sort of thing. Then again the management of Chilli's should have thrown him out for abusing their staff.
Jackie, Billericay says...
8:09pm Tue 13 May 08
evilc, essex says...
8:47pm Tue 13 May 08
Who else other than.
Halved sentences which were pathetic in the first place the early release.
The Left wing elitist labour government!!
All you lefty elite that hate my views 'YOUR TIME IS COMING'
Confused, says...
9:03pm Tue 13 May 08
So why didn't they get the b******s off him?
g, na says...
10:05pm Tue 13 May 08
Mark, Southend says...
10:25pm Tue 13 May 08
Essex Lad, Essex says...
8:22am Wed 14 May 08
karateman, Poole Dorset says...
8:41am Wed 14 May 08
In Bournemouth a few months ago 2 young men were murdered in thge same road on the same day
one of the poor lads was only about 19 ...we live in a harsh society so to beat it we must give harsher punishments ...in singapore therre is hardly any crime....why beacause the punishment is so severe only a few dare break the rules.
Best wishes to the poor bloke who got beaten
Dave the Rave, On a high horse says...
9:36am Wed 14 May 08
evilc wrote:So if this elitist left wing government is so soft on crime, then how come the prison population is at a record high?
Who do we blame?
Who else other than.
Halved sentences which were pathetic in the first place the early release.
The Left wing elitist labour government!!
All you lefty elite that hate my views \'YOUR TIME IS COMING\'
Perhaps you would be happy for a prison tax to build more prisons? No, I didn't think so.
I have asked you this on a number of occasions and you still don't have an answer.
You may also want to consider the fact that Judges set the prison term, the Department of Justice just issues guidelines, but judges get to set the sentence.
As you and I weren't in court, perhaps there was more to this case than is reported in the story above?
As for "Your time is coming" talk, well that it may be, but from the tone of your posts, your time has gone!
Sense, Above the madness says...
1:36pm Wed 14 May 08
Your knee-jerk Daily Hate Mail reactions are typical of a society fed and governed by trash media. What would you like us to do? Lock up every petty criminal for the rest of their lives? Guidelines are there for a reason.
This is an Assault/ABH maybe GBH at a push. You can't imprison somebody for 15 years for assault.
Maybe Echo 'readers' should push for Rebekka Wade to become PM as you sheep follow everything the manipulative psycho publishes anyway.
cucky, Benfleet says...
5:18pm Wed 14 May 08
Grillo Hunter, Caught out Again says...
10:17pm Wed 14 May 08
Dave the Rave wrote:Change the record, Grillo.
evilc wrote: Who do we blame? Who else other than. Halved sentences which were pathetic in the first place the early release. The Left wing elitist labour government!! All you lefty elite that hate my views \\\'YOUR TIME IS COMING\\\'So if this elitist left wing government is so soft on crime, then how come the prison population is at a record high? Perhaps you would be happy for a prison tax to build more prisons? No, I didn\'t think so. I have asked you this on a number of occasions and you still don\'t have an answer. You may also want to consider the fact that Judges set the prison term, the Department of Justice just issues guidelines, but judges get to set the sentence. As you and I weren\'t in court, perhaps there was more to this case than is reported in the story above? As for \"Your time is coming\" talk, well that it may be, but from the tone of your posts, your time has gone!
I think a prison tax would be great.
Is copying and pasting an arrestable offence?
cs, brum says...
3:45pm Thu 15 May 08
fgfgfgf, says...
10:58am Fri 16 May 08
Grillo Hunter wrote:You make no sense.
Dave the Rave wrote:Change the record, Grillo.
evilc wrote: Who do we blame? Who else other than. Halved sentences which were pathetic in the first place the early release. The Left wing elitist labour government!! All you lefty elite that hate my views \\\'YOUR TIME IS COMING\\\'So if this elitist left wing government is so soft on crime, then how come the prison population is at a record high? Perhaps you would be happy for a prison tax to build more prisons? No, I didn\'t think so. I have asked you this on a number of occasions and you still don\'t have an answer. You may also want to consider the fact that Judges set the prison term, the Department of Justice just issues guidelines, but judges get to set the sentence. As you and I weren\'t in court, perhaps there was more to this case than is reported in the story above? As for \"Your time is coming\" talk, well that it may be, but from the tone of your posts, your time has gone!
I think a prison tax would be great.
Is copying and pasting an arrestable offence?
Grillo has a fair point, you don't.
ks, birmingham says...
5:45pm Sun 18 May 08
Your sayYourEcho
Add your comment
Register for a FREE Echo account and you can have your say on today's news and sport by adding comments on articles we publish. The best comments may even get published in the paper.
Please register now or sign in below to continue.
Darren Sepple
In this section
- Pier rollerskating rink opening cancelled
- Teenagers attack man in street
- Cyclists head for Paris on charity ride
- Schools take up free compost bin offer
- Paul's pony tail crop
- Stowaways found in lorry
- Barn blaze halts traffic
- Rebecca’s determined to win for the Tories
- Caroline celebrates her 100th
- Handyman arrives to help vulnerable
Essential Links
Sponsored Links
Editor's Choice
Newsagent chases robbers
TWO robbers who threatened a newsagent with a spanner and a baseball bat fled after being surprised by a second employee. The thugs demanded cash from the shopkeeper at Shanta newsagents in Woodgrange Drive, Southend. But the crooks were surprised by a second man who chased them out of the shop.
Boy's wheelchair stolen
THIEVES have stolen a disabled schoolboy’s wheelchair. Sam Fowler, nine, who suffers from cerebral palsy, now faces spending the whole of the six-week school break stuck at home.
Cash to move Greensward to academy status
A TRAIL-BLAZING school has been given a £160,000 cash injection as it prepares to become the first non-city academy in the country.
Probe to find out why Canvey Way work went wrong
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched to find out why the Canvey Way roadworks have caused so much chaos.
Oooh Matron, trainee nurses return to Southend
NURSES can now be trained in Southend after an break of almost two decades.
Stowaways found in lorry
TWELVE suspected illegal immigrants were arrested after being found in a lorry delivering goods to the Ikea store near Lakeside.
£240,000 lottery win
A MYSTERY man has scooped a massive National Lottery prize – without even leaving the house.
Pier rollerskating rink opening cancelled
What's On Live Travel YourEcho
Hot Jobs
- Cooks SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS
- Support Workers x2
- Administrative / Finance Assistant SOUTHEND ON SEA
- Class 2 Drivers Romford
- Teacher of Media Studies Benfleet
- Technical Team Leader, Technical Analysts x2
Local Information
Enter your postcode, town or place name
No asbo, Southend on Sea says...
6:52pm Tue 13 May 08
18 months ?
What kind of a deterrent is that ?