Ron Little was labelled 'William Tell' by his fellow inmates
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AN 81-year-old man was labelled 'William Tell' by fellow inmates after being jailed for buying a crossbow online following a long-running row with neighbours.
Ron Little was later sent back to Swansea Prison for 10 days for sending malicious communication to someone at the sheltered housing complex where he used to live, Waverley Close in Clydach.
He said problems started there a few years ago over a hose at the communal garden, which won threeClydach in Bloom awards.
In 2014 other residents there claimed he was the source of the problems however.
Mr Little said: "I was living at Waverley Close sheltered accommodation for 12 years. I have been harassed and spat at. I bought a crossbar quite legally on the internet. I bought it as a deterrent threat.
"I am in remission for prostate cancer. As a result of the radiotherapy treatment I have got anger management issues and severe memory loss. I have also got a heart condition."
He said that at an appointment with his psychiatrist at Garngoch Hospital last November, he showed her the crossbow bolt in a discussion about how he dealt with his situation.
"The psychiatrist took it to another room and rang police," he said. "Next thing police arrived and took me to Swansea Police station. I was charged with possessing a sharp instrument."
Mr Little said a condition of bail was to live with his son in Bonymaen rather than at the complex. But he said that he breached that two days later when he went back to Waverley Close for a shower when the heating was not working in his son's house.
Police arrived there and arrested him. Swansea magistrates sentenced him to 12 weeks in jail for possession of a bladed article and breaching bail. He served six weeks.
"I was treated well in prison," he said. "There were lots of youngsters there. They were really nice. They looked after me. They called me Grandad Ron and William Tell because of the crossbow. I came out on New Year's Eve and went to a council property in Craigcefnparc."
On February 4 his licence was revoked and he was jailed for 10 days for malicious communication.
Mr Little said he is not allowed to go to the complex now, but picks up a friend from there every day, although he parks about 100 yards away."
"It all started when we won Clydach in Bloom for three years," he said. "There was a row over a garden hose.
"There was a lot of jealousy."
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