Southampton: Oliver Beadell jailed for 'devastating' attacks

Oliver Beadell confronted the man in a communal area of a block of flats before following him outside in August last year.

Southampton Crown Court heard how the man was shouting for someone to ‘call the police’ before he was pushed to the ground.

Beadell, 34, then held an electric scooter above his chest and threatened to ‘finish him off.’

Oliver Beadell (Image: Hampshire Constabulary)

Prosecuting, Lucy Taylor said: “The victim returned home to his flat and came into contact with Mr Beadell, who tried to block the stairwell.

“He was fearful of what would happen. Mr Beadell then followed him, and he continued to make comments, but the victim did not reply.

“He felt a push to his back, and he fell to the ground.

“The left side took the majority of the fall and he was unable to stand up.

“Mr Beadell then held an electric scooter above the man’s chest and said he ‘would finish him off’ but this threat was not carried out.”

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The court heard how the man was in ‘excruciating’ pain as the push had fractured his hip.

In a victim statement read at Beadell's sentencing, the man said: “People start to ask me about why I walk with a stick now, but I start to uncontrollably cry.

“With what has happened to me, I have missed out on doing my hobbies and I can’t drive.”

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Beadell previously pleaded not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm.

He was also sentenced for causing actual bodily harm and being in possession of an offensive weapon while subject to a community order, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Ms Taylor said: “On August 1 2022, Mr Beadell got into a verbal altercation with the complainant, produced a metal pole, and struck the victim over the head.

“This caused a laceration two inches deep on top of his head that required stitches.

“There was a lot of blood.”

But, mitigating, Jamie Gammon said these incidents were a result of 'unhappy relationships'.

He said: “It is difficult for Mr Beadell to argue anything when he wasn’t here for the trial.

“He said it was a push which appears to have had fairly devastating consequences.”

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Judge Peter Henry told Beadell: “You don’t take out your problems in public using violence.

“You have committed three offences, two in the same day.

“During the incident on August 1, when you started shouting and threatened the victim, you did so in a public place.

“People were in their flats and were so alarmed that they filmed the incident.”

Speaking on the second incident, Judge Henry said: “You pursued him. He was shouting for help and was terrified.

“The incident, I have no doubt, was very fearful.”

Beadell was handed a 43 month prison sentence for all three offences.