A Rotherham rioter has been told he must serve an extra six months behind bars after he helped in a serious hit and run that saw a dog killed.
Cameron Callear, 30, was in the Ford Mondeo that collided with two men and a dog in West Street, Pontefract, on August 16, 2023.
Prosecutor Andrew Stranex said one of the victims – a known drug user – had been involved in an earlier incident with a woman and her partner after he tried to steal drugs from her home. On the day of the incident, Callear had been in contact with the woman and attended as a passenger in the car.
Mr Stranex told Leeds Crown Court on Friday that Callear had pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm in relation to a witness, who he opened a car door on.
He said: “He is already serving a sentence for an unrelated offence, having pleaded guilty to violent disorder and on 21st August 2024 was jailed for two years and ten months.”
YorkshireLive reported at the time that Callear, of Orchard Way in Thurnscoe, confronted officers at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Rotherham, which was being used to house asylum seekers and refugees. He was also seen removing a leg of a wooden chair and launching it at police.”
In relation to the hit and run, Mr Stranex said: “On 16th August 2023, he [the victim] and his uncle were in the area of West Street. One was walking and one was on an electric bike. It appears as they were walking they got to a cross roads and a number of people were in the street and the two people got talking to people.”
The court heard the men were seen by one of the women who was involved in the earlier incident and contacted Callear and another man who attended in a Ford Mondeo.
Mr Stranex said: “The co-defendant drove at speed at the men. The vehicle mounted the curb and collided with the man [first victim]. It struck him and he was caused some injury. After that, the car then collided with the other person, causing them minor injury and killing the dog with him.”
It was after that that Callear opened his car door and hit a witness on the thigh. Mr Stranex said: “He [the witness] described being in shock as a result of seeing the injuries to the other men. It’s the striking of that man that gives rise to the count he has pleaded guilty.”
His Honour Judge Khan KC told Callear he must serve 24 weeks behind bars, consecutive to the sentence he is already serving for violent disorder.
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