Man had ‘super strength and didn’t appear to feel pain’ in rampage after taking 10 grams of cocaine

Semi-naked father of two crashed through neighbour’s window while seven-year-old was watching television

Kelvin Hughes, 40, who was given a suspended prison sentence after going on a cocaine-fuelled rampage in Balcon, Chester, on 17 September 2019. (Chester Standard/SWNS)

A man had “super strength and did not appear to feel pain” after he crashed through his neighbour's window having taking 10 grams of cocaine, a court heard.

Kelvin Hughes screamed that he had been shot while banging on neighbours’ doors after also downing vodka and lager.

The semi-naked father of two, had “super strength” as he banged on one door and window before running barefoot across the garden and diving headfirst over a three-foot hedge, one of his neighbours told Chester Magistrates’ Court.

Another, said she heard a loud crash from downstairs, where her seven-year-old daughter was watching TV before school.

There she found the 40-year-old standing in her living room covered in blood.

“I let out a loud scream and was terrified,” she said in a witness statement. “My daughter was sitting on the living room sofa screaming and crying and I was concerned for her safety.

“The male was shouting repeatedly ‘I’ve been shot’. I then heard my partner behind me yelling ‘get the f*** out of my house'. The incident has left myself and my daughter terrified and extremely shaken.”

Hughes then left via the front door.

He was later arrested and taken to hospital. After he discharged, he returned to apologise.

However, the court heard he had another “paranoid psychotic episode” and ran down the street near his home in Blacon, Chester, screaming that he had been shot.

He was rearrested and made full admissions in interview before being charged with two counts of criminal damage.

Last month, Hughes, who works as a driver for a recycling company, admitted both charges but avoided jail as he was sentenced at on Friday.

Kelvin Hughes, 40, who was given a suspended prison sentence after going on a cocaine-fuelled rampage in Blacon, Chester, on 17 September 2019. (Chester Standard / SWNS)

He was handed a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for a year, and ordered to carry out a drugs programme and up to 35 days of rehabilitation activity.

Hughes was also told to pay £850 in compensation to each of the two families involved and was made the subject of a five-year restraining order in relation to both.

The court heard how the defendant, who has two teenage children and a 20-year cocaine addiction, is now working with drug and alcohol services.

Steve Coupe, defending, said his client was a “mild-mannered and reasonable gentleman” and that his behaviour that morning was out of character.

He added: “He can’t recall the vast majority of the incident. He is mortified as to his actions, particularly in relation to how he must have scared the young child involved. He is a parent and it has really brought matters to a head.”

SWNS contributed to this report.