Daughter burgled family's plush Wakefield estate and bit relatives during struggle
She scaled boundary walls and crept through open window
A daughter broke into the grounds of her family’s estate and attacked her relations after they caught her stealing.
Verity Rapley bit, scratched and lashed out at her brother and father, while her mother was forced to hide in a bathroom, Leeds Crown Court was told.
The 31-year-old was jailed for the disturbance in Ackworth on May 15.
The court heard there had been issues between Rapley and her family in the past.
She scaled the walls to enter the family grounds then found her way into one building through an open window, prosecutor Jessica Lister told the court.
After being caught red-handed stealing food from the kitchen, she ran out and towards the main house, screaming and banging on the windows.
Family members tried to restrain her, but she punched, kicked, bit and scratched them during the struggle. She also hit another with a camera she had around her neck.
When police officers arrived she was abusive towards them and then turned violent, managing to bite one on the hand and knee one in the genitals.
She was spitting in the back of the police vehicle, kicked another officer at the station, damaged the intercom in the cell and tore up a Bible.
Rapley later refused to engage during her police interview, was disruptive and “made noises” when asked questions, Ms Lister said.
The court heard she has six previous convictions for 16 offences, including 11 assaults on emergency workers.
She admitted burglary, two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and one of criminal damage.
Held at HMP New Hall, and appearing over a video link in court, she spent the hearing shaking her head at the Crown’s outlining of the case, then appeared to begin reading a book she had brought with her.
She eventually interrupted proceedings and tried to claim she was not guilty, which was ignored by the judge.
Mitigating, Abigail Langford said Rapley was an intelligent and articulate young woman, but “cleary has vulnerabilities”.
She said she had been in custody since May, but due to her homelessness, handing her a suspended sentence would leave her with nowhere to go.
Rapley had also refused to engage in a probation report which could have also supported her release, but she said she simply wanted sentencing.
Judge Mushtaq Khokhar acknowledged she had mental health problems, but did not elaborate.
He said her family are “rightly concerned” and were keen not to press charges over the physical assaults.
Judge Khokhar said: “I have tried to assist you in your rehabilitation. I hope you get the help you thoroughly deserve and you would co-operate.
“You are a young person and have all your life ahead of you.”
He jailed her for 16 months and gave her a restraining order to keep her away from the family home.