A disabled dad has disowned the drug-addled son who forced his way into his home and attacked him.
Nicholas Andrew Lyon, 33, was jailed for 18 months at Mold Crown Court for the attack on father Nicholas Lion Snr.
An indefinite restraining order was made under which he is not to approach his parents, Nicholas Lyon, 62,and Susan Lyon, 56, in any way, and he is not to go within 100 metres of their home at Bryn Awel in Pentre Halkyn , Flintshire .
In a heart-breaking victim impact statement the dad told how he never wanted to see his son again.
He told how the arthritis in his neck had become worse since the attack which caused him pain and discomfort.
His anxiety had increased, he had trouble sleeping and said he could not believe how a son could attack his disabled father, something which he found truly upsetting.
But he added: “I no longer consider him to be a son of mine. I hope never to see him again in my life.”
Prosecuting barrister James Coutts told how the defendant was a man of no fixed abode who at times lived in a tent.
They tried to support him and provided him with food but he was not allowed to go to their home when he was drunk because of previous problems.
The father had a heart condition and suffered from panic attacks.
On New Year’s Eve the defendant knocked on the door but because of his conditions was now allowed in by his mother.
After some time his father shut the front door and locked it but the defendant kicked the door, shouted and swore loudly and then broke a pane of glass in the living room window and climbed in.
Mr Lyon senior, fearing for his safety, went to the back door but the defendant grabbed him in a head lock and kneed him to the lower back five times.
The victim blacked out and recalled feeling his heart beating quickly, he had chest pains and he was struggling to breathe.
Mrs Lyon went next door to get help and the defendant made good his escape.
During a 999 call the father could be heard saying “get off me, get off me.”
The defendant sent a former partner text messages in which he said he was on the run from the police, that he was going to prison, and how he had beaten up his dad.
Arrested and interviewed, he told how he had taken alcohol and ecstasy and initially denied assaulting his father, claiming that he had tried to help him.
Defending barrister Simon Rogers said that his client had a poor criminal past and it was conceded that he had caused unpleasant injuries against someone who had shown him kindness.
The defendant had been seen in the past by the mental health services for anxiety and depression.
Alcohol was the root problem, he was an alcoholic, and a constructive sentence would be assistance under a community order.
Judge David Hale told the defendant: “This was an extremely unpleasant attack on your own father. Drink is your problem. Until you come to terms with that you are going to carry on doing things like this.”
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