Man who shot at Sheffield house during attack is jailed

Thomas Fenlon went on the run after the attack last September

A man who went on the run for six months after shooting at a house and attacking three people, including two teenagers, has been jailed.

Thomas Fenlon, 36, fired a BB gun at a window at the house in Sheffield and, together with his brother Michael Fenlon, attacked those inside.

A man was stabbed in the head several times and a boy and girl, aged 14 and 15, were subjected to violence.

Police said the teenagers' "whole lives had been changed in that one evening".

Sheffield Crown Court was told how the brothers targeted the property on Landseer Close on 17 September.

The 35-year-old victim was violently attacked, causing significant bleeding.

The teenagers were caught in the midst of the violence with one suffering "a prolonged attack" and a chair being thrown at the other.

Fenlon's brother Michael fled the scene but was arrested later that day.

'Extremely distressed'

Earlier this year, he was jailed for eight years and six months after admitting wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.

Despite his brother being caught, Fenlon, of Mawfa Avenue, Sheffield, remained at large until he handed himself in to police in March.

He was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm.

He was also handed a 10-year restraining order, prohibiting him from contacting his victims and witnesses in the case.

Det Con Megan Pryce said: "Thomas and Michael Fenlon did not care who they hurt that evening and armed with weapons, carried out an extremely violent and aggressive attack on their victims, two of which were just children at the time.

"No child should have to witness or be harmed in any incident like this and his young victims have been left extremely distressed and shaken by what happened that evening.

"Their whole lives changed in that one evening."