CWMBRAN THUG ATTACKED HIS FATHER ON CHRISTMAS DAY
POLICE have released the mugshot of a thug who assaulted his father and his partner after turning up either drunk or on drugs at their home on Christmas Day.Jacob Price, 28, had asked his dad for a hug before becoming violent and pushing him and the other man in Cwmbran on December 25 last year.
He caused more than £300 worth of damage to his father’s boyfriend’s glasses.
On Boxing Day and December 27, he returned to their house and knocked on their door “persistently” before leaving.
Price was also being sentenced for two further offences, both too committed in Cwmbran and when he was “intoxicated”.
Charles Archer, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court how the first of them occurred on February 8 against the defendant’s housemate Joshua Deere.
He left his victim with a suspected broken nose.
“At around 4.25pm that Saturday, Mr Deere could hear him shouting and screaming in his room,” Mr Archer said.
“He went to inquire as to what was wrong and was punched three times to the face and headbutted to the nose by the defendant.” Mr Deere was taken to the Grange University Hospital in the town for treatment.
He had not wished to provide a victim impact statement so the court was unable to know if his nose had been broken.
The third and final incident took place at the same address in March 26 when Price was being visited by a support worker.
He started trashing his home and caused around £2,000 worth of damage to items that included the microwave and wardrobe and broke a window.
Price, of Penyparc, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), harassment, criminal damage and two counts of assault by beating.
The defendant has nine previous convictions for 13 offences that include ABH, burglary and assaulting an emergency worker.
His current offending put him in breach of a suspended jail sentence imposed last year for assaulting his sister.
Kevin Seal representing him said his client had suffered with mental health and alcohol addiction problems.
His barrister added that the defendant had stayed out of trouble for the last seven months.
Judge Jeremy Jenkins told Price the court had finally lost patience with him.
“You’ve had chance after chance after chance and you’ve spurned those chances,” he said.
The defendant was jailed for 14 months and made the subject of a five-year restraining order not to contact his father or his partner.
