Published date: 20 May 2016 |
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A MAN was attacked as he went a local shop to buy a dummy for his baby.
Martin Jones, a boxer, was able to defend himself and drove off when a passer-by intervened.
But when the victim drove off his attackers followed and his vehicle was twice rammed from behind.
The car containing four men later swerved towards him outside his home before driving off.
Brothers Martyn Ozzrick Knight-Jones, 26, of White Lion Close, Summerhill, and Anthony Knight, 25, of Hazel Drive in Penyffordd near Mold, were convicted of affray.
Knight-Jones was convicted of dangerous driving, but cleared of possessing a knife.
They had denied all charges.
Both were remanded in custody at Mold Crown Court yesterday pending sentence next week, along with two others who had already pleaded guilty to affray.
Judge Niclas Parry said he was concerned about the continuing volatile relationship between them and the victim and would remand both in custody.
Prosecutor David Mainstone said it was on July 28 last year Mr Jones popped to the Spar in Penyffordd in his partner’s new Mini convertible.
As he entered the shop he saw a Renault Megane reverse out of a parking spot in front of the shop. He recognised some of the occupants and realised one was glaring at him.
Mr Jones, who had fallen out with Knight-Jones a few years before, returned to find the car had blocked his way and one of the occupants, Stephen New, got out, clenched his fists and wanted to fight.
Parts of the incident were captured on CCTV played to the jury.
Mr Mainstone said the two brothers and a fourth man, Toby Lee Rogers, got out.
It was alleged Knight-Jones got a knife from the vehicle, but he was cleared of possessing a knife.
Mr Jones defended himself and kept the cars between him and his attackers and when a member of the public intervened he was able to get away.
He drove off believing the
incident to be over, but he had to stop when another car pulled out in front of him.
The car was then twice rammed from behind by the Megane.
When he drove home a short distance away it was alleged the Megane drove erratically and swerved towards him in a bid to intimidate him.
The brothers claimed Mr Jones was the aggressor, denied the incident happened in the way described or that the complainant had been followed or rammed, and said they did not drive past his home.
Knight-Jones said he knew nothing about the knife and all he had done was to film the incident on his mobile phone. He claimed the phone had been in the car, but must have been lost by the police.
Anthony Knight said he was not involved in the incident and simply wanted to make a citizen’s arrest when he saw New being struck.
The brothers’ father, Terry Knight, said the damage to the front of the Megane had been there previously and had occurred when he was driving the vehicle.
Mr Knight senior said he had used the knife to cut out a car window at a scrapyard and had left it in the boot previously.
The brothers will be sentenced next week along with Rogers, 29, of Maes Glyndwr in Treuddyn and New, 27 of Damson Cottage in Frith, who admitted the affray charge at an earlier occasion.
see-http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/162275/brothers-attacked-man-on-an-errand-to-penyffordd-shop.aspx
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