Kenneth Hancox, of Quarry Road, Hornton, near Banbury, was sentenced on Friday, May 22.

The 67-year-old was charged with one count of section 20 grievous bodily harm, threats with a knife in a private place and threats to kill.

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The court heard the grievous bodily harm offence was committed on September 5, 2017 and resulted in the victim having a broken jaw.

The knife threat was committed on December 6, 2022 and the alleged threat to kill on February 13, 2024.

All the offences were committed at the home address of Hancox in Hornton, near Banbury.

The defendant pleaded guilty just before a trial was due to start earlier this year.

He was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment, suspended for three years.

The warning comes from Legionella Guard amid changes to the Renters’ Rights Act and following the UK’s hottest bank holiday weekend on record.

Legionella bacteria, which causes the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease, thrives in water systems at temperatures between 20 and 45 degrees Celsius.

Leah Stone, director of Legionella Guard, said: “Warmer weather provides the ideal conditions for Legionella to thrive.

“Water tanks and pipes that are in direct sunlight very quickly become more susceptible to Legionella growth.

“With enforcement tightening under the Renters’ Rights Act, and temperatures rising as summer approaches, Oxfordshire landlords cannot afford to treat Legionella risk as a tick-box exercise.”

So far in 2024, the UK has recorded 472 cases of Legionnaires’ disease.

Under the updated Renters’ Rights Act, which came into effect at the beginning of this month, landlords are liable to fines of up to £20,000 if their property isn’t compliant with new regulation.

In fatal cases, landlords can even be sentenced to time in prison.

Legionella Guard has been developed to simplify compliance for landlords by offering HSE-compliant e-learning, risk assessments, and simple evidence storage.

Ms Stone said: “Our new digital platform is designed to make compliance straightforward, affordable, and achievable.

“It enables landlords to manage risk effectively, protecting tenants and themselves at the same time.

“It’s a simple answer to a long-standing industry need.”

Typical symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease include chest pain, coughing, a high temperature, and breathlessness.

While most people make a full recovery, legionellosis can be a serious condition.

Transgender women have now been banned from competing in the women’s category at Oxford University’s rowing team.

The university has changed its policy in line with the governing body’s which states a transgender women cannot compete on women’s teams.

A spokesperson for Oxford Pride said: “There has been no actual change in legislation when it comes to inclusion of trans people in sports, or any other aspect of life for that matter,

“All the ruling did is to specify whether trans women could benefit from quotas to be appointed to public boards in Scotland.

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Oxford Pride 2024 (Image: Ed Nix)

“Anything else is beyond the scope of the ruling and simply based on informal and not legally binding guidance.”

Many critics have pointed out the irony of this move considering the pioneer of Oxford’s female rowing uniforms, from skirts to more practical shorts, was a transgender athlete.

Michael Dillon was instrumental in modernising Oxford University’s female rowing uniform in the 1930s, before then going on to become the first person in the world to undergo female to male medical transition, eventually becoming a doctor.

British Rowing policy also says that transgender and non-binary people are eligible to compete in an ‘open’ category of both genders.

British Rowing previously let trans women participate in female events if their testosterone level was below a certain level for two years.

A university spokeswoman said: “The University of Oxford remains committed to being an inclusive university, where everyone is treated with respect, courtesy and consideration.

“This is necessary to comply with UK law, as well as to ensure alignment with competition frameworks.

“The university has met with and engaged with students several times throughout the process, and will continue to engage with them to facilitate boat clubs meeting their obligations in relation to law and governing body requirements.”

The spokesperson for Oxford Pride continued: “Exclusion of trans people is a choice, not a legal obligation.

“Whereas the protection against discrimination on the basis of gender reassignment is indeed an obligation under the Equality Act 2010.

“Oxford Pride urges all public and private groups, organisations and institutions in the UK to continue to include trans people; at least until an actual new piece of legislation (not just guidance) says otherwise.”

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File image of Oxford rowing (Image: Sportsbeat)

The Supreme Court ruled last year the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.

This means, as the equalities watchdog stated, a gender recognition certificate does not change a person’s legal sex for the purposes of the Equality Act.

The ruling has been interpreted to mean that trans women can be excluded from women-only spaces like toilets and changing rooms.