💀 Horrorcow Hollie Dance / Lisa Pittaway / Ella Carter / Archie Battersbee / Lauren Summers/ Dignity For All / Archie's Army / Spread The Purple Wave - The Mama Nails of Essex, Her Whiteknights, and Her A-Logs

So, in a nutshell...


Prosecution
- They did it, with lots of actual evidence to back it up
e.g.
- Calls between her and the other car to coordinate things
- CCTV and ANPR evidence of a (fast) car chase
- Complainant calls 999 to report he's being chased by two cars, and Hollie heard shouting in the background
(call played to jury but pity there wasn't a transcript of that call in the reports)

- Somehow, it appears that the alleged 'bottling' that started it all was never reported to the police.


Defence
- We didn't do nuffink, he did it all and we're white as snow
- But Archie's dead so we can't be held responsible for anything we might have done, but didn't
- No real evidence presented but loads of mud-slinging and coincidences.
- Driver kept speeding away from her but, despite driving within the speed limit, she kept finding him just in front of her...
...apart from when he was alongside her and crashing into her car
- Didn't even know that the third car in the pursuit was being driven by her son
- Archie died and we buried him a few weeks earlier
- Son says people in his car attacked the other car but it wasn't him and Bentley (the only two that were arrested) and he won't name the others
- We didn't mention any of this to the police when interviewed 'cos we thought we'd get away with it
...and did I mention that Archie died
- Hollie's ex-partner confirms that he left the CS gas in her car (so his attempt to cover for her just provides evidence of how she came to be in possession of it)
- Hollie sends lots of emails and complains a lot
- When interviewed, she didn't even mention the alleged 'bottling' that started it all and then complains that they haven't investigated it
- I wanted my day in court 'cos everyone will believe me 'cos I'm Hollie Dance, I've got a dead kid and I've been on TV


Well I don't know about you, but I'm convinced...
 
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Echo report on Monday's somewhat abbreviated session - I don't know if there'll be any live feed / reports about the closing arguments


Hollie Dance’s son has admitted attacking a friend of the man he is currently on trial for causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) to.

Questioned by prosecution Richard Scott, Thomas Summers told a jury at Basildon Crown Court he approached a man sat in a car, punched him repeatedly through the window and then tried to drag him out of the vehicle.

He claimed the man had been part of a group of trolls tormenting his family online since the death of Summers’ 12-year-old brother Archie Battersbee.

The man and his associates had been “making memes and stuff out of my little brother”, he testified, and “saying he’s going to rape my mum”.

“I have nothing to hide,” Summers told the jury. “I’ve pled guilty to that. I’ve pled guilty to what I’m guilty of.”

Summers, Dance and their friend Rhys Bentley are all on trial together, accused of waging a “revenge” attack on a man they believed had assaulted Dance’s daughter (Summers’ sister).

Thee prosecution says the trio chased the man from Southend to Basildon, smashing his windows when he stopped at a red light in Kenilworth Gardens.

Then, in Uppermayne, Basildon, the prosecution says Dance rammed the man’s red Peugeot off the road and into a tree with her BMW, before Summers ran him over in a rented Toyota.

This is all alleged to have occurred on October 10 2022, the trial has heard.

But ten months later, in August 2023, Summers was convicted of causing actual bodily harm (ABH) to another man – a friend of the alleged victim in the trial.

Mr Scott suggested to Summers that just as in the August 2023 incident, he had attacked a man in his car in the October 2022 incident.
“You were enraged at the perceived harm that he had caused to your sister,” he said.
“No, I was majorly concerned,” Summers replied.
“You were one of those that attacked the car, didn’t you?”
“No, I did not.”
“You attacked it with a piece of wood.”
“No,” said Summers. He told the jury he parked his rental car across the front of the Peugeot in Kenilworth Gardens to block the driver off, intending only “to confront him”.

He said he was “angry” when three of his passengers – who he had refused to name – jumped out and attacked the Peugeot’s windows.
“I had no chance to stop them,” he testified. “I remained in the car and told them to get back into the vehicle.”
When they did, the court heard, the Peugeot drove up Blenheim Chase, followed by Dance’s BMW.

Summers told the court he followed them “at some speed”.
“You were still intent on attacking him,” said Mr Scott.
“No,” Summers replied.
“The first attempt at the lights had failed so you, along with your mother, followed him.”
“Well, I followed him, yes. Not to inflict violence, no.”

In Basildon, said Mr Scott, “You followed him around the roundabout and then knocked him over with your car, didn’t you?”
“No, I did not,” Summers answered.
“And then you or one of your number got out and threatened him.”
“No. That did not happen. That’s the God’s honest truth.”
Summers called the alleged victim “a liar” and his allegations “a story”.
“He’s openly said to his friends he’s claiming compensation,” Summers alleged. “He’s had a big pay-out.”

After her client left the witness box, defence barrister Emily Lauchlan read positive character references from two women who knew Summers – Jacqui Beasley and Sandra Pass.

She then rested his defence case, before Bentley’s barrister Emma Kutner said he would not be testifying himself or calling any evidence.

The jury will now hear legal directions and closing arguments, before being sent out to deliberate.
 
False Witness said:
"He is the type of person who always helps his family out."
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So did Reggie and Ronnie Kray.

Seems odd that Thomas has not named the two that got out of his car to smash the windows of the Peugeot, as they would be great for his case.

One can draw your own conclusions from that, as no doubt the 12 Jurors will too.
 
False Witness said:
Summers called the alleged victim “a liar” and his allegations “a story”.
“He’s openly said to his friends he’s claiming compensation,” Summers alleged. “He’s had a big pay-out.”
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Interesting that Thomas says the injured party has had a big payout. Obviously this payout has been determined by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority after a hearing, and any compensation paid was in line with the injuries the bloke received. If indeed any payout was made pre trial, it could just be another of Tom's stories. Wouldn't any payout for criminal injuries have to be proved a result of crime, as in this criminal trial?

Compare this to the huge grift Hollie carried out.

Set up a gofundme page to help with Archies "on going care" when Hollie was convinced he would be discharged from hospital and into her care. It should have been obvious to all he was already dead, with no chance of ever going home or having any kind of recovery.

Archie then dies, as expected, and the money intended for his post hospital care is swiftly withdrawn, and given to Hollie

This she spends on what? A tacky funeral for her son (as he was a child, most funeral costs would have been covered by the Government, with no contribution from Hollie required).

I presume the £50,000 (or more) grifted was not returned to those that donated, but spent on Juicy tracksuits, oversized handbags and BMW stock cars.

I'd really like to know where this money went......and that includes the money (£2,500) raised to keep Southends' kids off of the streets
 
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Amin Yasister said:
Interesting that Thomas says the injured party has had a big payout. Obviously this payout has been determined by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority after a hearing, and any compensation paid was in line with the injuries the bloke received. If indeed any payout was made pre trial, it could just be another of Tom's stories. Wouldn't any payout for criminal injuries have to be proved a result of crime, as in this criminal trial?
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Apparently not... the guidelines say

Applications should be made without delay and victims should not wait until the conclusion of criminal proceedings. The Scheme does not require an offender to have been convicted and all compensation decisions are made on the ‘balance of probabilities’, based on the available evidence. This is different from a criminal court which decides on the basis of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. We do not need to wait for the outcome of a criminal trial if there is already enough information to make a decision on your case.

So, if he was paid out, they obviously thought that the evidence of GBH was strong enough...
 
Wednesday 1st April @ 11:37 - The Jury is out

...no it's not an April Fool's joke


From The Echo...

The jury has been sent out to deliberate in the GBH trial of Hollie Dance, her son Thomas Summers and their friend Rhys Bentley.

Evidence concluded in the trial on Monday when Thomas Summers finished his live evidence and Basildon Crown Court was told Rhys Bentley would not be testifying.
Hollie Dance had testified in her defence last week.

The prosecution accuses the three of participating in a "revenge" attack against a man they believed had assaulted Dance's daughter.
They are accused of pursuing the man from Southend to Basildon, where Dance allegedly ran him off the road and into a tree, then Summers is accused of running him over.
It is also charged that earlier in the pursuit, when the man stopped at a red light near Leigh fire station, Summers, Bentley and unknown accomplices smashed his windows with a wooden bat.

Jurors were given legal instructions on Tuesday, followed by closing speeches by the prosecution and defence barristers, then Recorder Peter Clark's summing up of the evidence.

Dance, 50, of Alton Gardens, Southend, denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and possessing a prohibited weapon (CS spray).
Summers, 26, of Roots Hall Drive, Southend, has pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving but denies causing GBH with intent, affray and having an offensive weapon (a baseball bat).
Bentley, 25, of Norwich Avenue, Southend denies causing GBH with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and affray.

In the witness box, both Dance and Summers claimed the alleged victim in the trial was part of a gang of trolls who had bombarded their family with threats and abuse.
The trolling was triggered by the hospitalisation of Dance's 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee, they said, which resulted in a high-profile legal battle as Dance tried to prevent the switching off of his life support.
 
Breaking News - Guilty Verdict!


From The Echo....


Southend mum Hollie Dance and her son Thomas Summers have just been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent in a 2022 "revenge attack".

The mother and son were convicted by a jury at Basildon Crown Court after roughly two hours of deliberations.

The trial heard they chased their victim from Southend to Basildon before Dance rammed him off the road, then Summers ran him over after he emerged from his vehicle.

The pair's friend Rhys Bentley was acquitted of inflicting GBH with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and affray.
He was released from the dock after being declared not guilty on all counts.

Summers was found guilty of affray and Dance was found guilty of possessing CS spray.

Presiding judge Recorder Peter Clark warned the pair that they should both expect significant custodial sentences.

Prosecutor Richard Scott said the starting point in the sentencing calculation would be five years.

More to come soon....

More from The Echo....

TLDR: Sentencing will be in May



Southend mum and son Hollie Dance and Thomas Summers have been warned they face "significant" prison terms after being found guilty of driving their cars into a man they believed had slighted their family.

The pair were convicted at Basildon Crown Court on Wednesday (April 1) of charges including inflicting grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent.

The jury delivered unanimous verdicts after around two hours of deliberations. The pair's friend and co-defendant Rhys Bentley was acquitted of all charges.

The trial heard Dance chased the man in a loop around Basildon town centre in her BMW, repeatedly smashing into him until she ran him off the road and into a tree.
Summers, following close behind, then drove into the man in a rented Toyota Corolla as he emerged from his wrecked car.

"I should make it clear that significant, immediate custody is absolutely uppermost in the court's mind," warned Recorder Peter Clark, who presided over the trial.

Prosecutor Richard Scott said the starting point for each when it came to sentencing would be five years.

Dance, had become a respected campaigner for children's online safety after the 2022 death of her 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee, believed to have died recreating a TikTok challenge.

But within weeks of the little boy's tragic death, the jury found, his mother and brother used their cars as weapons in a revenge attack on a man they suspected had assaulted their daughter.

The victim told the jury he was left with a broken and dislocated shoulder, broken ribs, a broken heel and nerve damage to his knee.
"I was literally housebound," he said. "I had pain everywhere... If I did go out, someone had to take me. I couldn't drive. I couldn't walk."

Dance and Summers hunted the man down late on the night of October 10 2022.
They followed him from Westcliff to Basildon, smashing his car windows when he stopped at a red light near Leigh fire station and then ramming him off the road on Uppermayne, Basildon.

Both mother and son admitted being present in their cars when the man's vehicle was attacked in Leigh but denying that was by design.
Dance claimed not to have recognised her son or his hire car during the Leigh attack, while Summers claimed passengers - who he refused to name - had instructed him to block the victim's car in, then jumped out without his knowledge or approval and attacked the vehicle.

Dance claimed it was the victim who rammed her off the road, not vice versa - but the jury had heard a distressed 999 call in which the man pleaded with police to come and help him, saying he was being chased and rammed and feared he would be killed.

Dance, 50, of Alton Gardens, Southend, suggested the victim had made the call to set her up. The jury unanimously convicted her of inflicting GBH with intent and possessing a prohibited weapon - a can of CS spray found at the crash scene with her DNA on it.

Summers, 26, of Roots Hall Drive, Southend, was convicted of GBH with intent and affray.

"Miss Dance and Mr Summers, you can remain seated," Recorder Clark told them after the verdicts were read.

"You must understand that you have now been convicted of very serious offences. Serious offences anyway, but with particularly aggravating features in this case. They are offences for which only significant, immediate custody is considerable."

Ordinarily, he said, they would have been taken into custody straight away, but as "an act of mercy", he would allow them to remain on bail until their sentencing hearing.

Dance and Summers each insisted at trial that their victim had not only assaulted Dance's daughter earlier that night, but was part of a "gang" that had bombarded their family with online hate and threats.

Jurors heard Dance had filed a series of police reports about online trolling, some of which named the victim in this trial and one of his friends - but those particular reports were not filed until after the attack on October 10 2022.

The mum and son claimed there were screenshots and other evidence proving the victim was involved in the hate campaign, but neither of their defence teams ever placed any such evidence before the jury.

The trolling had stemmed from Dance's activism over her son Archie's injury and death, jurors were told. In April 2022, she had discovered the little boy unconscious.

He remained on life support for months and Dance became the subject of national press reporting as she went to the High Court to try to prevent that life support being switched off .

She lost that battle and Archie died in August 2022. An inquest later found he had suffered a catastrophic brain injury .

Dance became a prominent campaigner to toughen up rules on what social media firms could expose children to on their platforms. She lobbied MPs , met members of the House of Lords and toured schools to warn kids about the dangers of the internet.

Rhys Bentley, 25, of Norwich Avenue, Southend, was found not guilty of inflicting GBH with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and affray.

The sentencing hearing was fixed for May. Dance and Summers remain on bail until then.
 
False Witness said:
Presiding judge Recorder Peter Clark warned the pair that they should both expect significant custodial sentences.

Prosecutor Richard Scott said the starting point in the sentencing calculation would be five years.
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As I have said before, maximum sentence is life imprisonment.

False Witness said:
Dance, had become a respected campaigner for children's online safety after the 2022 death of her 12-year-old son Archie Battersbee, believed to have died recreating a TikTok challenge.
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Fuck off. Respected by who? Archie's death had no link whatsoever to a TikTok challenge. Poor little sod.
 
Personally, I'm surprised that the Jury took two hours to return a (unanimous) verdict - but, given the time they went out, I suppose that did include their lunch break...

In regards to the sentence - the guidelines for GBH with intent can be found at

From the prosecutor's statement that 'the starting point in the sentencing calculation would be five years', I'm assuming that they will be classing this as a Category A (High) culpability with Category 3 Harm

You can look at the web page and try to work out for yourselves aggravating or reducing factors...

I'm thinking it'll end up as a sentence of 6-7 years
 
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That two hours must have included 1 hour and 59 minutes coming to the conclusion that Bentley was Not Guilty of the charges against him....

And I can at last use this:

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GenociderSyo said:
Really wish we had an in on the facebook page now to see what they are doing.
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Who would have thought the (excellent) thread you started in 2022 would progress to this level?

I also think it was you that produced the "Thumbs Up Hollie Behind Bars" image, which I shamelessly screenshot so long ago. Thank you.
 
False Witness said:
Southend mum Hollie Dance and her son Thomas Summers have just been found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent in a 2022 "revenge attack".
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I've said this before in the thread. I read this thread when I was starting as fresh meat on KiwiFarms. This thread was one of the few threads I've read where I got so upset that I had to stop reading. No child deserved a life as Archer did. I hope this cunt gets buried under the jail.
 
False Witness said:
Personally, I'm surprised that the Jury took two hours to return a (unanimous) verdict - but, given the time they went out, I suppose that did include their lunch break...

In regards to the sentence - the guidelines for GBH with intent can be found at

From the prosecutor's statement that 'the starting point in the sentencing calculation would be five years', I'm assuming that they will be classing this as a Category A (High) culpability with Category 3 Harm

You can look at the web page and try to work out for yourselves aggravating or reducing factors...

I'm thinking it'll end up as a sentence of 6-7 years
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I'll be very surprised if she doesn't get a suspended sentence citing 'trauma' from the archie shit and how because of all that it would somehow be detrimental to her to do otherwise. Its not like its the first time such a thing would have happened in the UK
 
GenociderSyo said:
Really wish we had an in on the facebook page now to see what they are doing.
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I gotchu fam.

To be honest it has been as dead as Archie.
There's maybe a 1 or 2 posts daily. Those consist of either a repost of an old Archie photo/video. Or a recent photo of his grave. Occasionally a repost of a "online challenge death" from another kid.

There are about 20-30 active users still on her page who Occasionally "like" her posts. And of those, a good 3-5 who actually comment.

I have not seen any reference to the trail. She may be moderating them before I can see them.
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These bitches had the nerve to take the stand and say under oath that the victim was part of an online trolling group that harassed her over her dead son, but didn’t file police reports till after they assaulted him, and still presented no evidence. AND even if the victim was a troll, that only provides more motive for Holly and her scumbag son to have assaulted him. Lol.
This sure has been a long time coming.
Did she also say people vandalized her precious dead kid’s horrible grave? How can she tell the difference? I’d love to see the pics plz. And what does that have to do with viciously beating a man? Muvva was having a bad day?
 
Sentencing has been set for 29 May - hopefully The Echo will have live reporting...

WonderWino said:
'll be very surprised if she doesn't get a suspended sentence citing 'trauma' from the archie shit and how because of all that it would somehow be detrimental to her to do otherwise. Its not like its the first time such a thing would have happened in the UK
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As far as I can find out, that's not an option.

The sentencing guides were produced to ensure consistency of sentencing and the Judge hasn't much in the way of discretion to vary from them so imprisonment is mandatory - if someone was mentally ill they might end up in a secure hospital but, whatever we think of Hollie, there's been no mention of that by her defence so it would be hard to rely on that for sentencing.

Minimum sentence is about 2 years and that would be for a Category C3 GBH, this looks to be Cat A3 which starts at 5 years
 
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