A man accused of hitting another man over the head has denied telling his victim “Drop the charges or you will have to move out.”
Daniel Hazeldine, of Ffordd Tan y Bryn, Maesgeirchen, Bangor, appeared before a jury at Caernarfon Crown Court on the second day of a three-day trial.
He denies a charge of unlawful wounding, two charges of witness intimidation and assault by beating in October and December last year.
The 30-year-old has admitted being drunk and throwing a vodka bottle - smashing a bedroom window at the home of Noah and Charlene Creed - at Ffordd y Castell, Maesgeirchen at 5.30am on Sunday, October 25 last year, claiming he’d gone to the house to buy drugs.
Hazeldine also admitted returning to the Creed’s home around 9.30am the same day and throwing a breeze block he’d picked up from a nearby house and smashing their living room window.
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Questioned by defence barrister Dafydd Roberts, Hazeldine said Mr Creed then “came out holding a shovel” and aimed it towards his head.
The defendant then picked up a children’s scooter and hit Mr Creed with it on his head forcing him to drop the shovel. The fight was stopped by the defendant’s mother, he claims.
The court heard that the police were called and a bloodied Mr Creed was taken to hospital after suffering injuries including a cut behind his ear and bruises. The defendant was not taken to hospital.
The court was told the defendant was arrested by police and bailed while their investigations continued.
Asked by Mr Roberts if he had gone to Mr Creed’s home on December 20 and asked him to “drop the charges or you will have to move out of the street”, the defendant answered: “No.”
Asked by Mr Roberts if he had driven a blue Peugeot car through the fence of Mr Creed’s aunt, Valerie James, and into her garden at Ffordd y Castell two days later, and shouted: “Grass!” at Mr Creed’s wife Charlene who was inside the house, the defendant said: “I did not see Charlene and I didn’t know she was inside the house.”
Cross examined by prosecutor James Coutts, the defendant claimed he’d initially gone to the Creed’s home at 5.30am to “buy cocaine” but Mr Coutts said in the Creed’s evidence there was no reference to drugs.
The defendant accused Mrs Creed of “lying” when she said she had seen him driving the car before mounting the kerb and smashing through a fence before ending up in her aunt’s garden.
The defendant said it was “an accident”, adding: “I have gone too fast to do a three-point turn.”
He claimed that a 999 call to police played to the court after he’d smashed his car into the garden “sounded” dramatised when a terrified and pregnant Mrs Creed was afraid he was going to get her.
He said: “I was drunk. I didn’t want to use a car to intimidate.”
The defendant also denied shouting “Grass!” at Mrs Creed and grabbing Mrs James by her throat and threatening to kill her.
His Honour, Judge Rhys Rowlands will sum up the case tomorrow morning before the jury are expected to retire to consider their verdicts.
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