Man with history of abuse jailed for Mid Wales assaults
A man accused of a history of domestic abuse was jailed for six weeks and banned by a court from a Mid Wales village under a two-year restraining order.
Michael Wilde, 37, of Bryncrug, near Tywyn, admitted common assault on his ex-partner Natalie Jones at Aberllefenni, resisting a Pc, damaging a car door, and assaulting a police sergeant at Caernarfon on March 25.
Prosecutor James Neary said Miss Jones his ex partner had discovered information about Wilde under “Clare’s Law” – the domestic violence disclosure scheme. But she had driven to Aberllefenni to collect a birthday cake when Wilde turned up and started to cuddle her. Mr Neary said Wilde was told to leave and Miss Jones got back into her car. However, Wilde took hold of her thumb as he tried to remove the ignition key.
“His behaviour towards me is making me feel ill,” she maintained in a statement.
Disputed
Mr Neary said that Wilde was “obstructive” during his arrest. At Caernarfon, police had struggled to restrain he and he had kicked a custody sergeant Anthony Davies’s upper right leg with “considerable force”.
Defence solicitor Glyn Roberts said Wilde had been recalled to prison by the probation service and according to a friend of Wilde's, it was Miss Jones who had approached the defendant's car and confronted him. He disputed following her.
The trouble “wasn’t of his making,” Mr Roberts said.
Magistrates’ chairman Emrys Williams at Llandudno court told Wilde they had limited options.
Wilde was jailed for six weeks for the assault on his ex-partner and received concurrent sentences for the other offences. The restraining order bans him from Llanwrin. He must pay £50 compensation to both assault victims, £100 compensation for the damage, and £200 costs.
