Dane May Jailed More Than Seven Years After Threats to Alfie May
Dane May was jailed for more than seven years after a campaign of threats against alfie may, his brother Sam May and their mother, Deborah Rawlings. The case ended at Maidstone Crown Court after an attempted attack on one brother’s home with a paving slab.
Over 18 months, May threatened violence, rape and death, and the court heard those threats reached Sam May as often as three times a week. He also sent a message saying, "I always said you would see me on the news and on the front page of every newspaper for what I would do to prove how f***ed up I really am."
Maidstone Crown Court sentence
The 38-year-old was jailed for more than seven years for three offences of stalking from November 2023 and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent in April last year. The sentencing closes the criminal case around a pattern of abuse that escalated from threats into a physical break-in.
May flew a drone over Sam May’s property, then rammed his Ford Ranger into the front security gates. He also told Sam May, "I'm coming to get you. You'd better open the door," and later, "Do you not get how dangerous I am? Tonight you can die with me."
Deborah Rawlings moved home
Deborah Rawlings was forced to move house for her safety, while Alfie May installed high-tech security at his home and worked out escape plans with his wife. The family believed May used the £120,000 inheritance from his late father at the end of 2023 to fuel his drug addiction.
Two weeks before his arrest, he visited his mum in a very angry mood and threatened to break in and burn the house down. On April 29 last year, he phoned Sam May and said, "Your family will watch me kill you."
April 30 attack
On April 30 last year, May smashed his way into one brother’s home and made a terrifying bid to attack him with a paving slab. Prosecutors said he was acting under the mistaken belief that his family had given statements to police, which sharpened the sense that the violence had moved beyond threats into an immediate risk inside the home.
Alfie May, identified in court as a League One striker and a former Chatham Town, Hythe Town, Doncaster Rovers and Charlton Athletic player, emerged from the case with the most obvious practical lesson for anyone targeted by a sustained domestic threat: security, planning and distance came before sport. For this family, the sentence is the hard stop; the damage came long before the prison term did.
