Konrad Jones stole his then-girlfriend’s Ford Focus and drove at velocity in the direction of his former employer
A serial offender tried to knock down his ex-boss with a stolen automobile. Konrad Jones, from Cwmbran, went on against the law spree on the night time of Might 7 after flying right into a drunken rage.
Cardiff Crown Court docket heard the 29-year-old had binged on alcohol earlier than attacking his then-girlfriend at her residence. He went to her mattress to wake her, accused her of dishonest, referred to as her a “fats b***h”, and grabbed her by the throat.
Prosecutor Dan Jones stated he additionally grabbed her by the hair, arm and shoulder, inflicting bruising, after which left the house along with her telephone and the keys to her black Ford Focus.
The defendant took the automobile to a location in Pontypool and tried to run over his former boss. No rationalization for this was heard in court docket apart from that he had beforehand “fought along with his employer”, within the phrases of his barrister Rose Glanville.
The prosecutor stated: “Police attended and he was seen to drive at velocity in the direction of his former employer. He then stopped and reversed at velocity.”
The boss was not injured. Rushing away from police in pursuit, Jones broken the automobile so badly that it could later be written off, however he managed to drive to his girlfriend’s handle.
Officers approached to arrest him and he “began to swing at them”, stated the prosecutor, who added: “Within the fracas, a PC Williams sustained cuts to his hand and elbow.”
On arrest Jones failed a roadside breath take a look at after which refused to supply a pattern of blood on the police station.
Jones, of Brynglas in Hollybush, pleaded responsible to aggravated vehicle-taking with out consent, harmful driving whereas disqualified, refusing to supply a pattern, assaulting a police officer, widespread assault and theft.
In her sufferer impression assertion his ex-girlfriend stated she wanted the court docket to know “the worry, trauma and lasting hurt” his actions had brought on.
“She describes the presence of her daughter within the subsequent room [during the assault], and the theft of her telephone had a selected impression as she had no approach to name for assist,” stated the prosecutor.
“Her automobile was broken past restore. She is terrified of what’s going to occur when the defendant is launched from jail.”
The defendant additionally fell to be sentenced over a separate incident, from July 2023, when he and his confederate Tristan Chapman took turns to beat a defenceless man with a steel baseball bat. Each attackers pleaded responsible to grievous bodily hurt.
Jones, of Brynglas in Hollybush, had 59 earlier offences on his report together with assaults on law enforcement officials and driving convictions.
His barrister Rose Glanville stated: “A big line within the sand has been marked. He has already served the equal of a 14-month sentence on remand, and whereas in custody he has realised the harmful sample that should finish.”
She stated he had “spiralled” whereas sofa-surfing and abusing cocaine within the lead-up to his crimes however that he was “able to change”.
Choose Hywel James described Jones’ actions as inflicting “a hazard to law enforcement officials and the general public”. He was not satisfied by the prospects of his rehabilitation.
He sentenced Jones to a 32-month jail time period and a two-year driving ban beginning after his launch from jail. Chapman, in the meantime, was handed a suspended sentence. You may learn extra in regards to the brutal baseball assault he carried out with Jones right here.
Jones was additionally made topic to a five-year order restraining him from contact along with his ex.
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