Julio Waters was jailed at Swansea Crown Court for assaulting the landlord of a Neath pub
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A MAN who grabbed a pub landlord by the throat while on a suspended prison sentence for attacking a passenger on a train has been sent to jail - meaning he will miss his selection day with the Army.
Julio Waters had previously been banned from the David Protheroe public house in Neath town centre because of his behaviour when he went into the premises on April 27.
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Swansea Crown Court heard the defendant was causing trouble in the bar and the landlord was asked to intervene by staff - Waters then became "aggressive" towards the landlord, throwing a punch and grabbing him by the throat. A brief scuffle ensued before the landlord managed to push Waters away.
The police were called and 29-year-old Waters left the pub - he was arrested a short time later near Victoria Gardens.
In his police interview he said he didn't think he was banned from the pub.
The court heard Waters was subject to a suspended prison sentence which had been imposed just two months before the pub assault - the earlier incident involved Waters head-butting and gouging the eyes of a fellow passenger on a train between Skewen and Neath.
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Waters, of Priory Court, Bryncoch, pleaded guilty to common assault and to breaching a suspended sentence when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.
The court heard the defendant has previous convictions for public orders matters, common assault, inflicting actual bodily harm, and for affray, and has a number of police warnings about violent conduct.
Frank Phillips, for Waters, said the defendant had been at the funeral and wake of a close family member on the day in question, where he had drunk alcohol. The barrister said Waters accepted he had "a problem" with drink.
Mr Phillips told the court Waters had applied to the Army and been given a date at the end of June to attend a selection day, and he asked the court to consider not sending his client straight into custody.
Recorder David Miller said he had read a number of character references submitted on behalf of Waters, and he was in no doubt that the defendant was a "decent and hard-working man" when he was sober.
However, the judge said that by committing another violenct offence so soon after being sentenced for the train affray, Waters had left him with no choice but to activate a portion of the previous suspended sentence - he sent Waters to prison for two months for the pub attack, and activated four months of the suspended sentence to run consecutively, making a total of six months. When Waters is released, he will be subject to 12-month post-custodial supervision.
There were sobs from the public gallery as the defendant was taken down.
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