Wrexham,North Wales - Chef arrested in Wrexham went wild in the back of police car

Published date: 23 May 2016 | 

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A MAN repeatedly headbutted a police car screen after being arrested.

 

Hotel chef Robert Sam Jones, 26, left blood on a perspex screen inside the vehicle on the way to custody after he was arrested at Bryn Howell Hotel and Restaurant, Wrexham Magistrates Court heard.

 

Justin Espie, prosecuting, said officers arrested Jones, of Newtown Road in Machynlleth, at about 10am on May 5 in relation to other matters.

 

Officers allowed him to walk to the car without handcuffs to spare him embarrassment, Mr Espie said.

 

But he became agitated on the way to Wrexham and began shouting and swearing, threatening to harm himself.

 

He then removed plasters on a head wound and tried to pull the wound apart.

 

Jones then started headbutting the perspex screen and spitting.

 

He refused to stop and was taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital.

 

Jones pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage.

 

Melissa Griffiths, defending, said police had taken no further action regarding the other matters.

 

Jones had become frustrated for something for which he had not done and headbutted the screen.

 

He apologised unreservedly to the court, Miss Griffiths said.

 

He realised he should not have done it and that he would not be before the court had he not done so.

 

The court heard that Jones had been in steady employment since being released from prison last year.

 

After Jones’ arrest, the hotel had been unable to provide food for a function with about 78 people, Miss Griffiths said.

 

He was sacked on returning to the hotel, where he also lived, and was staying with his father in Machynlleth.

 

Miss Griffiths told how Jones had found a job at a Cheshire hotel within a month of being released from prison in March last year for another matter, before moving to his former employer.

 

He had completed a trial for a chef’s job in Machynlleth, was soon to have another in Aberystwyth and was confident of finding work in the near future.

 

Miss Griffiths suggested a fine and compensation, given that the damage, although unpleasant, was “transient” and “cleaned in its entirety”.

 

Magistrates imposed a six- month conditional discharge and ordered Jones to pay £104.40 in compensation to North Wales Police, £85 in prosecution costs and a £20 surcharge.

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