'You should have known better' judge tells men who arrived at Page Hall brawl with knife and trowels
“You should have known better”
Three men with weapons who rushed to the scene of a 200-person brawl in Sheffield’s Page Hall area “should have known better,” a judge said.
Mass disorder broke out on June 2 last year after a fight broke out at the Golden Gainz Gym on Upwell Street.
Scores of men joined in the scuffle until it descended into groups roaming the city neighbourhood, often with metal poles, bats and gardening tools.
In fact, the feud was rooted in a disagreement between two Slovakian families who disagreed about a mayoral election in their home town, a small village named Zehra.
At Sheffield Crown Court on July 10, three men - Fabian Mizigar, aged 23, of Hinde Street; Jaroslaw Mizigar, 41, of Willoughby Street; and Marian Mizigar, 35, of Lloyd Street - were sentenced for their part in the disorder.
The three men rushed to the scene of the fight, but there is no evidence they took part in the violence.
However, Fabian was seen carrying a sheathed knife, while Jaroslaw and Marian wielded gardening tools, thought to be trowels.
“Over the course of a weekend in the summer of last year, there were several incidents of disorder over some sort of political dispute in Slovakia,” said His Honour Judge Charles Thomas in sentencing.
“This caused disorder, unrest and violence in the community.
“[There is an issue in Page Hall] of men in particular congregating on the streets, learning of these incidents through social media and then converging, and escalating into violence.
“The fact is, the three of you went out into the street with weapons, when there was already a large number of people outside with weapons, and the risk that a number of people could have been hurt is obvious.
“You should have known better.”
Judge Thomas said the image of groups of armed men roaming Page Hall would have “scared” uninvolved residents and children.
Marian and Jaroslaw Mizigar both received 18 month community orders and an electronically-monitored overnight curfew for two months.
However, the judge said to Fabian, who brought a knife to the fight: “Again and again, the consequences of people choosing to take knives out into public areas are they end up being used and people end up being killed by them.”
Fabian was handed a nine month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, as well as an overnight curfew for two months.