Brett Jenkins

Introduction

Brett Jenkins is a 63-year-old man from High Street, Bognor Regis, who was jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife in a public place. Jenkins subjected another man — known to him — to a prolonged assault inside a Bognor Regis pub on the night of February 14, 2026, striking him at least 30 times to the head and threatening him with a knife throughout the attack, leaving the victim with a stab wound to the chest and four weeks in hospital, much of it in an induced coma . He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on November 6, 2026, following the jury verdict at trial .

Background Information

The assault took place at around 10:30pm on February 14, 2026, inside a pub in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, where Jenkins and the victim were known to each other . Sussex Police described the incident as a violent and prolonged attack: Jenkins struck the victim at least 30 times to the head during the prolonged incident, and the victim was threatened with a knife throughout, resulting in a single stab wound to his chest . The victim was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition, placed in an induced coma, and remained in hospital for four weeks after the attack . Jenkins denied the charges and stood trial at Portsmouth Crown Court, where the jury convicted him of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife in a public place .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Convicted and sentenced. A jury found Jenkins guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife in a public place, and he received a 12-year prison sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court on November 6, 2026.

The court was told of the circumstances of the February 14, 2026 assault: beginning at 10:30pm inside the Bognor Regis pub, Jenkins struck the victim at least 30 times to the head during a prolonged incident while threatening him with a knife throughout the attack . The attack left the victim with a single stab wound to the chest, rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition, induced into a coma, and hospitalized for four weeks afterward . Following the sentencing, Detective Constable Charlotte Pude of Sussex Police said: “This was a violent and prolonged assault between Jenkins and the victim, who were known to each other. Jenkins’ violence was frightening and left his victim with ongoing trauma from the incident” . “He was found guilty by the jury at trial and is now serving a significant custodial sentence which reflects the gravity of the assault,” Pude added .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The case was reported by Sussex Police’s local press coverage under a headline framing the 12-year sentence, with the force’s account of the assault — the 30-plus blows to the head, the continuous knife threats, the induced coma and the month-long hospitalization — forming the public record of what Jenkins did . Detective Constable Pude’s statement that Jenkins’ violence was “frightening” and left his victim with ongoing trauma stands as the investigating officer’s public characterization of the case . The consequence for Jenkins is a 12-year custodial term imposed after a trial conviction rather than a plea, meaning he received no sentencing discount for admission and now carries jury-determined convictions for grievous bodily harm with intent and knife possession .

Current Status

Jenkins, 63, is serving a 12-year prison sentence imposed at Portsmouth Crown Court on November 6, 2026, after being found guilty at trial of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a knife in a public place for the February 14, 2026 pub attack in Bognor Regis. No appeal has been reported as of the sentencing coverage .

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 63, Jenkins begins a 12-year sentence that will keep him in custody well into his seventies, with the trial convictions for grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing a blade in public recorded against his name. The documented facts of the case — a Valentine’s-night pub assault on an acquaintance, more than 30 blows to the head, a knife threatened throughout, a chest stab wound, an induced coma and four weeks of hospital care — are now the settled account of his conduct, established by a jury rather than admitted . The victim’s ongoing trauma, as described by the investigating detective, remains part of the case’s public aftermath alongside Jenkins’ custodial term .

Sources

• SussexWorld (Sussex Express), “Man sentenced for Bognor pub assault and stabbing,” November 11, 2026 — source