Sophie Holmes sentenced for contempt of court after shouting out in Bradford Crown Court shooting trial

In the early hours of 20 October, 2017, Sophie Holmes and her boyfriend Paul Serrant were together at his home in Hill Top Road, Thornton, when the property was attacked and hit with 20 military grade bullets from an assault weapon. No one was injured in the attack.

Three individuals were charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

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When speaking to police, Holmes said she had been approached by another man, who had threatened to have her house attacked.

He was not charged in relation to the attack, however during the trial Holmes shouted from the public gallery that he was the shooter. She then fled the court.

As a result, the Judge overseeing the proceedings had to discharge the jury.

Michael Webster and Byron Kiloh, who were jailed over the Thornton shooting

In a new trial in April this year, Michael Webster, 28, of Hill Crest Swillington, Leeds, was jailed for 20 years for his role as the “organiser and orchestrator” of the attack on the home of his former partner and her new boyfriend while the two and one other person were in the house.

Byron Kiloh, 19, of Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, was sentenced to nine years and four months in a Young Offenders’ Institute for his role in the attack and a subsequent charge of dangerous driving.

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A third defendant, a boy aged 16, who cannot be named because of his age, received four years.

Today at the Royal Courts of Justice, Sophie Holmes admitted to being in contempt of court. She was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Following the decision, the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC MP said: “Ms Holmes’s outburst impeded the course of justice and not only resulted in the jury being discharged and the extra cost of another trial, it also led to the prolonging and disruption of a delicate case.

"It is therefore appropriate that Ms Holmes has been found in contempt of court.”

The Royal Courts of Justice in London