Ollie Chalmers-Millington – Blackpool

A 12 year old girl fled in terror from a bus when a neighbour brandished an axe at her mother.

Ollie Chalmers-Millington pulled the weapon from his jacket after hurling insults at the young girl, including calling her ‘slag’ and ‘slapper’.

Preston Crown Court heard that the girl had boarded the bus in Blackpool with her mother and her mother’s partner, taking a seat in front of them.

Chalmers-Millington, accompanied by his girlfriend, got on the bus and began making derogatory comments towards the girl as they moved to their seats.

Prosecutor Katie Lord told the court that he believed the girl had played knock-a-door-run at his house the previous night.

The child’s mother confronted Chalmers-Millington about the abuse but as she returned to her seat, he ‘donkey kicked’ her to her back.

The mother’s partner stepped in but Chalmers-Millington opened his jacket and produced a hatchet style axe, which he held in the air.

The man managed to take the axe from him and handed it to the bus driver. A scuffle ensued, during which the woman sustained bruises and black eyes.

The man was also punched during the brawl on the bus

The girl got off the bus and returned with a man she knew who worked nearby.

In a victim statement she recognised the defendant, who gave her ‘evil eyes’ when he got on the bus.

“I thought he’d killed my mum,” she said. “When I got back I was so relieved my mum was alive and all I could do was hold her and couldnt let her go. I was so relieved my mum was alive.”

Her mum said she suffers nightmares and is traumatised by what happened. They spent 13 hours at Blackpool Victoria Hospital where the injuries to her face were checked.

The woman’s partner said he can’t sleep is suffering anxiety. “I see the axe being lifted thinking I was about to be struck with an axe,” he said. The family no longer travels by bus and uses taxis to get around, they said.

Chalmers-Millington, 20, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article in public, ABH and common assault.

Sentencing, Judge Michael Maher said: “You claim you had this menacing weapon in your possession for protection. That an excuse as old as time – when arguments erupt concealed weapons are produced sometimes with devastating consequences.

“I shudder to think what might have happened if that weapon hadn’t been taken from you. Worryingly, you appear to have little to no insight as to how serious these matters are.

“You berate a 12-year-old child and believe its acceptable to describe her in the vile way you do.”

He sentenced the defendant, of Kilmory Place, Bispham, to 12 months in a young offenders institute and made a two year restraining order to stay away from the family.