The North Wales criminals locked up for crimes of aggression and violence – North Wales Live

An angry motorist, a man who smashed a railway ticket machine and a taxi passenger who grabbed the driver by the neck were among offenders locked up for crimes of aggression and violence in recent months.

Judges felt their crimes were so serious that they deserved to be sent to prison. In some cases the defendants had already been given a chance to change by the court but had failed to do so leaving the courts no choice but to impose a custodial sentence.

Here is a summary of some of those cases at Caernarfon and Mold Crown Courts and Wrexham Magistrates Court.

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A man smashed up a ticket machine with a piece of railway ballast because a "voice in his head told him to". Aldo Tamburrini had been trying to get the computer out of the vending machine at Prestatyn Station.

But while on bail for that offence, the 57-year-old defendant then burgled a priest's home and bought alcohol using his stolen bank cards. A judge at Mold Crown Court noted Tamburrini was vulnerable but said it was his public duty to deal with him and sent him to prison for 876 days. He will serve half and the remainder under supervision.

Prosecutor Nicholas Williams said the defendant, of Caradoc Road, Prestatyn, was seen entering Prestatyn Station in the early hours of April 22 this year. CCTV footage showed him going onto the tracks and picking up a piece of ballast which he used to "smash the ticket vending machine" on the platform. He caused a total of 14,702.78 damage.

A cyclist was left needing a hip replacement after an angry motorist crashed into him and then left the scene. Robert Hughes, of Ffordd Hiraethog in Mostyn, admitted causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Mold Crown Court.

Prosecuting, Sarah Badrawy, told the court how Hughes, 52, was driving his silver Mercedes along the A494 between Denbighshire and Flintshire a week before Christmas - on December 19 last year. He encountered Keith and Jackie Godfrey - a husband and wife who set off from their home in Ruthin for a bike ride.

She said that there had been a "very quick verbal exchange" between the two men after Hughes passed the couple with "less than a foot" between them. Thinking nothing more, the cyclists carried on their journey.

A man who rammed a police car during a dangerous high-speed chase told a judge he "didn't really care" about being jailed. Adam Ashley Challoner, of East Green in Sealand, "used his vehicle as a weapon" during the chase, Mold Crown Court heard.

Prosecuting, Karl Scholz, told the court how Challoner was spotted by police driving a silver VW Golf in the Chester area at around 1am on July 9 this year. It was said that the occupants were wanted for failing to stop after a crash.

The car was followed back to Flintshire, into Sealand and Garden City, by a police car which had requested back-up to help in detaining the people inside the vehicle. As the car approached Foxes Lane, they "must have" become aware of the police following them, said Mr Scholz, as the car sped up and drove away heading back in the direction of Chester.

A man who was being investigated over a multi-million-pound drugs conspiracy "used his teeth as a weapon" against two people after a night of drinking. Liam Davies, of Nant Y Coed in Holywell, appeared at Mold Crown Court having admitted to assaulting three people - including police officers.

According to prosecutor Alexandra Carrier, Davies had been out drinking at The Stag Inn in Bagillt on March 25 this year. It was said that he had been caught up in an "altercation" with an unidentified woman during the early hours which was witnessed by Jack Jones, another pub-goer.

Ms Carrier said that Davies was "on top of" the "hunched over" a woman and that Mr Jones rushed to help. When attempting to push Davies away, Mr Jones fell and landed on the concrete floor, and the defendant turned to him.

A mum was left bleeding and her baby boy "pale and screaming" with head and eye injuries when a "very drunk" dad struck them both with a mobile phone charger. Daniel Luke McHugh, 29, threw the charger with such force that his son spent a "week in hospital". McHugh was so intoxicated he told police he "could not remember" assaulting Kayleh Drelincourt or their child at her home in Saltney on June 14.

McHugh, of Glyn Garth in Chester, appearing via a video link from HMP Berwyn at Mold Crown Court admitted to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm earlier this month. Prosecutor Alexandra Carrier said a "very drunk" McHugh, who also had a cocaine problem, arrived at his former partner's home "anxious and paranoid" that she had been cheating on him.

A back seat passenger grabbed a taxi driver by the neck then stole his night's takings. But Lyndsey Royce was later identified and caught.

The 29-year-old, of Connor Crescent, Wrexham, admitted robbery and a judge at Caernarfon Crown Court jailed her for three years.

Prosecutor David Mainstone told how taxi driver Djamel Rouibah had been working a night shift for Speedie Cars in Wrexham on Saturday, November 28, 2020. At 11.45pm that night he was instructed to pick up a woman called "Amy" from an address in Marchwiel and take her to Wrexham.

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