A morning stroll changed into a nightmare as a person, fueled by alcohol, unleashed havoc with metallic poles, leaving a path of worry and confusion in his wake.
Ziko Sulieman (Picture: Cleveland Police)
A drunken “menace” who chased individuals by means of the streets wielding two metallic poles, forcing them to “run for his or her lives”, has been jailed. Ziko Sulieman’s terrifying rampage was caught on CCTV as he pressured visitors to a standstill, as he ran alongside the streets. Waving two metallic poles within the air, Sulieman chased unsuspecting pedestrians in Middlesbrough earlier than launching a terrifying assault.
Teesside Crown Courtroom heard how, at 7.30am on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, emergency 999 calls have been made to police reporting a person waving two metallic poles round. Lucy Todd, prosecuting, mentioned: “The defendant was holding one in every hand, waving them and whereas shouting one thing. He was mentioned to be agitated and offended in direction of three people.” The court docket was then instructed how how he started attacking the group, with one girl pressured to carry her arms in entrance of her face in a defensive place as she was forcibly hit throughout the top with the metallic poles.
She started working away – with blood pouring down her face – screaming for somebody to name the police.
Ms Todd mentioned: “The defendant crossed into the center of the street and began waving the metallic poles round once more. He swang the pole at a person’s head, inflicting him to fall to the bottom.
“The girl reappeared choosing up a street signal, showing to be shouting the defendant to cease and utilizing the street signal to dam the assault. This allowed the male to flee.”
Teesside Crown Courtroom in Middlesbrough (Picture: Night Gazette)
Sulieman, of Middlesbrough, has 13 earlier convictions for 21 offences. He pleaded responsible to possession of an offensive weapon, affray and assault by beating and likewise admitted possession of a bladed article following a separate incident in 2024.
Jailing Sulieman for 18 months, Decide Richard Bennett mentioned: “It is clear to me that you’re a menace when you’re intoxicated in public… Individuals in Middlesbrough and the encompassing space are fed up of getting to take care of drunk and anti-social behaviour on the street.”
Sophie Johnstone, mitigating, mentioned of the affray: “He did react with aggression and violence and he accepts there isn’t any excuse. He has supplied perception saying he went too far. He maintains this is able to not have occurred had he not been underneath the affect of a major quantity of alcohol.”
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