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Date 07/01/2016
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Area Hereford Times
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Date of Publication 7th January 2016
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A SHIRTLESS man
threatened around 20 peo-
ple with a bread knife fol-
lowing an argument in a
Leominster takeaway.
Karl James Yapp, 24, of St
Guthlac Street, Portfields,
Hereford, pleaded guilty
to affray and possessing
a large kitchen knife af-
ter an argument in South
Street on November 7. ..
Mark Soper, prosecuting
at Hereford Magistrates’
Court last Thursday, said
that Yapp was Visiting a
friend in Leominster at
the time of the offence
when he went into a fast
food outlet on West Street
before having an argu-
ment with somebody in
the takeaway.
Mr Soper said: “That per-
son deliberately bumped
into Yapp as he was leav-
ing the shop causing his
food to fall on the floor.
“This caused him to lose
his temper and take off
his shirt while the other
person went ‘into a club.
“Shortly afterwards
there was a large distur-
bance involving between
20 and 30 people and Yapp
was the most aggressive.”
Yapp returned to an old
home of his on South
Street before heading
back outside with a kitch-
en knife.
Mr Soper added: “He was
waving the knife around
beckoning people to fight
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him which caused a lot of
people to disperse.”
When interviewed, Yapp
admitted taking the knife
to fight the group who he
said were “after him”.
Philip Cornel, mitigating,
said Yapp was in a kebab
shop 75 yards from where
he previously lived when
the argument started.
Mr Cornel said: “A door
supervisor at Sparky’s Bar
near to the kebab shop said
that at around 2.30am eve—
rybody started leaving.
“There appeared no prob-
lem until Yapp started be-
ing aggressive. Between 15
and 20 people started try-
ing to provoke the shirtless
man and following him in
South Street.
“Yapp went into his house
and got a bread knife be-
fore standing on the pave»
ment using it to warn them
stating ‘don‘t you dare’.”
Magistrates adjourned
the case to be sentenced
at Worcester Crown Court
later this month.
Yapp was released on
conditional bail with the
restriction not to enter Le
ominster after 5pm.
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Weight loss leaders
celebrate with star
A GROUP of Hereford
women got the chance to
meet one of their popstar
idols at a glitzy award cer—
emony which celebrated
them helping people lose
weight
The women who run
weight loss groups in the
city cuddled up to Austral-
ian soap actor and popstar
Jason Donovan at the Slim-
ming World Awards in Bir-
mingham.
The ex-Neighbours star
co-hosted the event with
the Slimming World Chair-
man and founder Margaret
Miles-Bramwell OBE.
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Jason was a great way; m
round off the year oi help-
ing Hereford residents low
weight,
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prouder of our members.
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throughout 201:3.
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people being able to do
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