Police locate dad who failed to appear for A66 crash funeral attack sentencing

ITV News · ITV News · 2026-10-27 16:26 UTC

Gye Worthy, 40, failed to attend Teesside Magistrates' Court where he was due to be sentenced for assault, resisting arrest and theft

Police have located a man subject to an arrest warrant issued when he failed to turn up at court for attacking the celebrant at the funeral for one of the young men killed in the horrific A66 crash.

Gye Worthy, 40, failed to attend Teesside Magistrates’ Court where he was due to be sentenced for assault at the funeral, resisting arrest at the service, as well as a separate offence of theft of four bottles of wine from a shop.

Worthy, of Ruskin Avenue, Middlesbrough, also failed to attend the same court on Monday, where he was due to appear on separate charges.

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