Michael Kavanagh, 32, subjected his victim to a 'merciless and vengeful ordeal' after he complained to cops about the 'cuckooing' dealer taking over his home as a drugs' den. Police believe more than 1,000 county line gangs are operating in Britain, extending to all the country's 43 police forces. Prosecutor Amanda Johnson said: 'He found the victim hiding in the kitchen and Kavanagh then viciously assaulted him. In a victim personal statement, the man told how he has had to regularly visit the plastic surgery department at a hospital in Hull. Jailing him, Judge David Tremberg told him: 'You targeted the complainant in a merciless, vengeful ordeal.

Source: Daily Mail June 06, 2021 12:21 UTC