Richard Taylor tried to pull the passenger door open and slashed at the car tyres as his terrified victim and her child sat inside

A mother was left terrified after a man approached her with a knife threatening to kill her while she fastened her daughter into the car.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Olga Fernandez was securing her four-year-old child in the back seat when she saw Richard Taylor walking up to her holding a four-inch kitchen knife.
Prosecutor Steven Donoghue said: “She was extremely frightened.”
The court heard the incident occurred on September 29 last year in Railway Terrace in Abertillery.
Mr Donoghue said the victim had been collecting her daughter from her in-laws’ house when she saw Taylor walking along “muttering to himself”.
Prosecutors said he looked “agitated” and walked towards her “aggressively”.
The court heard working mum Ms Fernandez immediately got into the car and locked the doors but the defendant started pulling at the passenger door.
Mr Donoghue said the defendant stabbed at the car tyre as she drove off and shouted: “I know your reg. I know what you look like. I’m going to kill you.”
The incident happened in Railway Terrace in Abertillery
The incident happened in Railway Terrace in Abertillery 
Her family called the police and had to lock themselves in their own house as Taylor approached their door.
The court heard officers found the defendant talking to himself in the area and arrested him but he “seemed to make no sense at all” in interview.
He told officers he could hear voices in his head and was judged not fit for interview.
His mental health was assessed in hospital and he was interviewed at a later date.
The court heard he told officers he believed the girl was going to be killed and he had to protect her.
He said he could not explain what had happened but thought he was carrying the knife for protection.
Taylor was assessed by psychiatrists for the prosecution and defence who concluded he did not have any mental health conditions.
They agreed he was suffering at the time from a psychotic episode brought on by taking amphetamine and cocaine.
Summarising from the victim personal statement, Mr Donoghue said Ms Fernandez felt “anxious and scared” following the incident.
He added: “She feels frightened about going out.”
Richard Taylor, 50, who does not have a fixed address, admitted affray.
Recorder Paul Lewis QC adjourned for the case for a pre-sentence report.
He warned Taylor all sentencing options would be open, including custody, and remanded him until his next hearing in two weeks.