The Judge presiding at Weatherfield Magistrates Court passed sentence on Kevin Webster after being charged with assaulting John Stape on Christmas Day, 2007. Kevin had found out that his eldest daughter, Rosie, had been having an affair with John.
The judge stated that Kevin had committed a very serious offence and saw no alternative but to give him a custodial sentence of twenty-eight days. The Websters were visibly shaken.