Man jailed for seriously assaulting his mother

A man has been jailed for attacking his own mother with such violence she had to be put in an induced coma.

Alan Clegg, 42, of no fixed address appeared at Chester Crown Court on 16 April to be sentenced after pleading guilty to section 18 assault with intent at an earlier hearing.

He also pleaded guilty to harassment – in breach of a restraining order against a former partner, and possession of a Class B drug (Cannabis) and a Class A drug (Cocaine).

He was sentenced to 14 years, 10 and a half years to be served in prison and the rest on extended licence.

He was also handed restraining orders against the two women.

On 26 December 2024 Clegg had an argument with his mother at her Frodsham address and carried out a violent attack on her.

He then demanded she transfer money to his account, which she did in the hope he would stop hurting her. He carried on beating her before leaving her on the bedroom floor without a phone to call for help.

He returned but left her again unable to move. He contacted a former partner to get her to take him to a hotel in Runcorn explaining he’d had an argument with his mother - breaching his restraining order.

On 27 December the victim was able to alert her other family members and call an ambulance. To their horror, the family found her curled up in a ball screaming in pain.

Officers located Clegg at the hotel he was staying at and arrested him for assaulting his mother. He was found in possession of both Cannabis and Cocaine.

She remained in hospital with multiple injuries and was terrified he was going to get to her in the hospital despite reassurances he was in prison.

Her family were left agonising over whether she would survive her horrific ordeal and were devastated by the level of violence their brother had meted out on their mother.

DC Peta Ticer said:

“The level of violence was horrific and has left his victim, his own mother, not only with physical scars but psychological damage which has left her too afraid to leave the house and reliving her ordeal repeatedly in her nightmares.

“He has changed her, and his own family’s lives, forever. What this man has done to his own mother and his family is unforgivable. We will continue to do all we can to take people like him off the streets and get justice for those they harm.”