Published date: 04 January 2016 |
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A CROWN court judge said that the public of North Wales were hugely concerned about the number of serious injuries being caused by knife crime. Judge Niclas Parry was speaking at Mold Crown Court while dealing with the case of a Llandudno man threatened a Good Samaritan with a knife.
As the victim tried to get away in his car, the knifeman jumped in front of the vehicle and ended up on the bonnet.
Defendant Wayne Maggs, 37, of Ewloe Drive in Llandudno, admitted affray and possessing a knife following the incident outside Wetherspoon’s in Llandudno, on August 24.
At Mold Crown Court he was jailed for a year.
Judge Niclas Parry told him that he had been involved in am extremely serious incident of public disorder which involved a knife. It had been a volatile situation, he said.
The defendant produced and brandished a knife which could have had catastrophic consequences.
“The public of North Wales are hugely concerned about the number of serious injuries caused by knife crime,” he said.
The defendant had appalling previous convictions including six previous public order offences.
He had been prepared to carry a knife in public, which had been hidden in his sock.
Prosecuting barrister Nicholas Sefton told how the defendant had earlier in the day been with a female friend.
There was an argument with his partner and he was seen outside Wetherspoon’s where two women were fighting and he was holding one of them in a head lock.
A concerned man driving past with his girlfriend was so worried by what he had seen that he stopped and went to assist.
The defendant said to him “do you know Beaky?” and “Beaky will kill you.”
The man backed away and left to get into his car and heard the defendant say “I am going to stab someone in the neck”.
Given his previous aggressive behaviour, the victim assumed the comment was directed at him and got into his vehicle to drive away.
He saw the defendant bend down and take a knife out of his sock.
Maggs ran towards him holding the knife and the victim who feared for his safety started to drive off.
But the defendant jumped in front of the vehicle.
The car hit the defendant who rolled onto the bonnet.
The driver stopped, the defendant stood some three to four metres away still holding the knife, before running away.
He was arrested at Llandudno train station.
Questioned, he claimed that the other man tried to run him over and deserved everything he got.
Simon Killeen, defending, said that while his client had an extensive record it was his first affray.
The defendant appreciated that it had to be immediate custody.
He had pleaded guilty.
see-http://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/156802/llandudno-man-admits-possessing-knife-outside-pub.aspx
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