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CAERNARFON man Sylvan Maurice Parry has been jailed for life and branded a dangerous man after a savage attack on his wife as they walked the children to school.
Judge Eleri Rees, sitting at Mold Crown Court, told him the minimum term before he could apply for parole would be seven and a half years.
The judge called his attack on his wife Fiona “ferocious” and said it was simply good fortune that he had not killed her or caused more serious injuries.
Had fire officers from the nearby fire station not intervened “you would have continued and you would probably have killed her,” she declared.
Parry, 46, of Maes Cibyn, had admitted GBH with intent on his wife Fiona but denied attempted murder.
But after a four day trial he was convicted by a ten to two majority and appeared in court via a live television link from Altcourse Prison in Liverpool to be sentenced.
His victim – who says she hates him and hopes he dies in prison - was in the public gallery with family members for the sentencing hearing.
The court heard how 19 stone Parry punched her to the ground, stamped on her head up to ten times and also kicked her before running off – telling his adult step-daughter Sarah Louise he had killed her mother.
The judge said he was subject to outbursts of rage and posed a risk of harm to anyone he felt had crossed him, in particular to anyone he was in a relationship with.
It was the fourth attack upon his wife and was a serious escalation in his behaviour.
He had previous convictions for 65 offences and had been involved in serious violence for more than 20 years.
It was difficult to predict when he would be safe to be released, she said, but he would be on licence for life to keep control over him.
The seven and a half year period was the minimum term that he would have to serve before the process to consider whether he continued to represent a public danger, she explained.
She publicly commended the three fire officers who intervened and said that they had acted “with alacrity and bravery”.
Dafydd Roberts, defending, said that his client had specifically asked that he should give a public apology to both his wife and to his family for his behaviour.
The judge said that he had kicked and stamped on his wife while she was “lying motionless on the floor” while mothers and children looked on in horror.
The stamps were “full force” and the kick was described like someone “kicking for goal”.
The fire officers shouted at him to stop but that had no effect until one of them shouted his name.
Fortunately the officers from the fire station reacted quickly to seek assistance and provide first aid.
There was significant concern about her breathing, her head was grotesquely swollen and she was air lifted to hospital where she was in a critical state.
She had made a slow recovery and had been left with physical difficulties, memory loss and impaired speech.
“During the trial you claimed she struck you first, something the jury no doubt rejected,” said the judge.
“You say you feel remorse,” she said.
He had admitted wounding with intent but during the trial he seemed to resile from responsibility.
He had a multiple personality disorder and was emotionally unstable, and was subject to impulsive explosive violence.
At the time of the attack he was suffering from paranoia and depression.
He was not taking his medication, but sold them to get drugs and to support the house.
If he had taken his medication then it may have avoided what took place, the judge said.
“I am satisfied that you are a danger of posing significant harm to the public by the commission of further violence of this kind,” she said.
Parry told the jury that he was ashamed by what he had done.
He said they had “a Bonny and Clyde” relationship, agreed that he had lost his temper but said that he had not intended to kill Fiona Parry.
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