A teenage boy was dragged off a bus and nearly bundled into a car boot during a horrifying "vigilante" revenge attempt to teach him a lesson.
Duncan Patrick, 53, "grossly overreacted" after being told that his wife had been spat at and "harangued" and so got his two sons to track down who was to blame.
Hull Crown Court heard that it was only because a member of the public intervened that the teenager was not shoved into the vehicle and was released, Hull Live reports.
Duncan Patrick, from Hull, and his two sons, Michael Patrick, 32, and Marcus Patrick, 27, admitted affray on May 5.
Duncan Patrick also admitted to producing cannabis.
Judge Mark Bury said that Duncan Patrick's wife was returning from a shop when she saw a large group of at least 20 young men, mainly dressed in black, who were walking or on bicycles.
It was "intimidating" for her and she was spat at and "harangued". Her hat was taken by one youth, who ran off with it.
"That must have been upsetting to her," said Judge Bury. "That should never have happened."
Her husband heard about what happened and he and Michael Patrick went to collect Marcus Patrick, who had been telephoned by his distressed mother.
The three of them went in Michael Patrick's Vauxhall looking for the person or people responsible for the incident.
A 13-year-old boy ran off but Marcus Patrick caught him, along with Duncan Patrick.
"He had boarded a bus on Grange Road," said Judge Bury.
He shouted that he had not done anything but the two men dragged him off the bus.
"That caused significant distress to at least one person on the bus," said Judge Bury.
There was no actual evidence that he had spat at Kathleen Patrick or been abusive to her and he was certainly not the one who stole her hat.
It was "not entirely correct" that he had done nothing and he knew exactly what had happened, said Judge Bury.
"That doesn't give you the right to drag him off a bus," said Judge Bury.
Michael Patrick went to open the boot of his vehicle and Marcus Patrick and Duncan Patrick dragged him towards the boot.
"Someone told you not to do it," said Judge Bury.
"You stopped it. You drove off, leaving the boy with the bus driver.
"Courts take a dim view of those who take the law into their own hands.
"What you were doing and planning to do was a gross overreaction to what happened.
"To plan on kidnapping a 13-year-old boy who was to some extent involved was not the right thing to do, even if all you were going to do was take him to the police station."
That level of "vigilante" action was not acceptable.
The prosecution had dropped an original charge of kidnap.
Jeremy Evans, prosecuting, said that it was the car's registration number that led the police to Hopewell Road, where 30 "poor" cannabis plants were found at Duncan Patrick's home for his own use.
There was also a generator and a set of lights but the plants would not have survived.
Richard Thompson, mitigating, said: "It was a collection of dead plants."
Unemployed Duncan Patrick felt responsible for getting his sons involved.
"He was particularly annoyed by what went on and encouraged their participation," said Mr Thompson.
The father had a conviction for producing cannabis.
David Godfrey, representing Michael Patrick, said that the father-of-five drove the vehicle.
He had worked in the security industry since the age of 18, including at Glastonbury, the Commonwealth Games, Leeds Festival and the KCom Stadium.
Cathy Kioko-Gilligan, representing Marcus Patrick, said: "He accepts that he overreacted. He knows that he dealt with matters in a really poor way.
"This was but a boy of 13 years of age."
Marcus Patrick was a stacker and a shooter on a crab and lobster boat. He had four girls aged four to nine.
Both brothers had no previous convictions.
Duncan Patrick was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay £100 costs.
Michael Patrick and Marcus Patrick were each given a six-month suspended prison sentence and were each ordered to pay £200 costs.
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