A ROBBER and a dangerous getaway driver have been found guilty of a cricket bat attack on a drug dealer’s home which showered a child in broken glass.

Tommy Lee Jauncey and Scott Fewtrell were found guilty of affray and possession of an offensive weapon (the cricket bat) at Worcester Crown Court yesterday.

Jauncey, 22, previously of St George’s Lane, Worcester and Fewtrell, 27, of Chedworth Drive, Warndon, Worcester, were cleared of possession of a knife in a public place during the same incident.

Jauncey was convicted of theft of a number plate (Fewtrell had already admitted the theft) which was found on an abandoned Fiat Punto linked to the affray and driven away from the scene.

Jauncey laughed as the verdicts came in but Fewtrell looked more sombre. A window was smashed using the bat and a child showered with broken glass at the home of ex-soldier and convicted cannabis dealer Paul Taylor in Mill Street, Diglis at around 5.20pm on October 23, 2017.

Mr Taylor’s step-daughter, teacher Sian Taylor, noted down the registration of their Punto and also picked Jauncey out as the man who swung the bat at the window of her terraced house.

A police officer who knew Jauncey also identified him as the driver of the Punto on the way to the incident in Mill Street and a passenger after it had taken place.

The same car was driven by Fewtrell the wrong way on the A449 in Worcester during a police pursuit.

Fewtrell had already been convicted of dangerous driving and has served a 16 month sentence. The chase happened on October 24, 2017, the day after the cricket back attack. Jauncey was also in the car.

We reported how Fewtrell accelerated to more than 100mph and drove the wrong way down the dual carriageway near Worcester, forcing other motorists to take evasive action and leaving some fearing for their lives.

He travelled the wrong way around several roundabouts and traffic islands, drove the wrong side of keep left bollards and ran a grandmother off the road as he ‘bullied’ his way past terrified motorists.

The woman’s two grandchildren were in the car when Fewtrell forced her car off the road.

Fewtrell and Jauncey were found by police later that day hiding in a shed in Holly Grove, Bevere, near Worcester.

A 15-year-old youth was also arrested with them. Several items, including a knife and a cricket bat, were thrown from the car during the pursuit.

Jauncey was jailed alongside another co-defendant, convicted killer Danny Martin, for two knife point robberies in Worcester, one of a taxi driver and the other of a pizza delivery man, in February this year.

Jauncey is still serving a six year jail sentence for the robberies which took place days apart on February 19 and 21 last year.

The sentencing of the two men was adjourned until Thursday to allow Fewtrell to speak to a probation officer to assist the judge with the sentence.

Jauncey, already serving a custodial sentence, was remanded in custody.

Fewtrell was granted bail.

The guilty verdict comes after a trial which began last Tuesday. The jury retired to consider verdicts at 11.30am yesterday, returning unanimous guilty verdicts at around 3pm that same afternoon.