11-08-2025
Inside story of when Aston Villa fan mum who mooned judge slashed woman with samurai sword
An Aston Villa fan mum who mooned a judge while being jailed for slashing a Blues fan has previously attacked a woman with a samurai sword.
Rebecca Harris was sentenced to more than eight years at Birmingham Crown Court last week after being declared dangerous.
The 35-year-old told Recorder Paul Stagg to 'f*** off' and 'kiss my white ass' as she bared her backside in an extraordinary outburst.
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She was jailed for viciously trying to 'chop' up Birmingham City fan Michael Keeling at The Gables Hotel in Solihull before committing a separate spate of assaults and racial insults to police.
The court heard she had an 'appalling' criminal record featuring 44 previous convictions for 93 offences, including many for violence.
Recorder Stagg stated the most 'worrying' were two separate incidents of 'wounding'.
The first took place in January 2008 when she was aged 17.
According to a crime log read to the court three females were involved in a 'physical altercation' when Harris approached brandishing a large knife.
Harris engaged in a struggle with one of the females who suffered a cut to her skull, before she ran off towards Stephenson Tower, in Birmingham city centre.
The next incident of 'particular concern' to the judge took place ten years later in September 2018 and involved a samurai sword.
He read out the police log stating: "Injured party and offender (Harris) have been in the front room of the address having been up all night drinking.
"Offender has been using the injured party's phone and has discovered messages being sent to various male friends.
"Being the sister of the injured party's boyfriend she has not taken kindly to this and begun assaulting the injury party by way of grabbing her and hitting her.
The crime record continued: "During the melee injured party has bitten offender's hand to get her off her.
"At being bitten, offender has jumped off the injured party, gone to the window and picked up a samurai sword which was leaning against the window.
"She has taken it from the sheath and has swung it in a downward motion cutting the rear of injured party's left leg causing a gaping gash approximately two inches by three inches and possibly ligament damage.
"Ambulance called and injured party taken to hospital.
"Offender told injured party to tell everyone she had got the injury from broken glass."
Harris was sentenced to two years for that incident in 2019.
Recorder Stagg regarded both incidents as of 'grave concern'.
A probation report stated Harris had been the victim of violence all of her life and was 'entirely lacking in victim empathy' due to her diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality disorder.
Many of her issues were attributed to 'excessive drinking'.
The report concluded Harris posed a medium risk of serious reoffending while the predictor of violent offending was 'very high'.
Recorder Spragg subsequently concluded she was dangerous.
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Harris had attacked Birmingham City fan Michael Keeling at The Gables Hotel in Solihull where they were staying on February 4 last year.
She branded him a 'Zulu' in reference to the Blues' notorious hooligan firm and warned she would 'chop you up'.
Harris grabbed a knife and caused a deep gash to his face and wounds to his hands.
She claimed she acted in self defence but a jury found her guilty of wounding with intent.
Harris went on to admit multiple offences of assaulting emergency workers and racially aggravated harrassment after she kicked, spat at and racially abused officers on September 24, including chanting 'EDL' and 'Tommy Robinson'.
She was sentenced to two months for the latter crimes on top of an eight-year term with an extended three-year licence for the wounding.
