Overview
- Dane May received a ten-and-a-half year extended sentence for public protection and an indefinite restraining order after his actions were judged to have terrorised his family.
- The convictions covered three stalking offences that began in November 2023 and an attempted grievous bodily harm attack in April 2025, according to court reporting.
- On June 4 the judge set the sentence after hearing that May forced entry to his brother Sam’s home, armed himself with a paving slab and assaulted him before police arrested him.
- Victims include professional footballer Alfie May, brother Sam and their mother Deborah Rawlings, who installed security systems, planned escape routes and relocated because of the threats.
- Court material said the campaign followed a dispute after May inherited £120,000, prosecutors linked his behaviour to class A drug use and childhood trauma, and the restraining order bans him from contacting the victims or attending specified locations.