Thug headbutted and strangled 88-year-old gran after she told him to stop drinking alcohol
09.02.2023 - 01:05
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A thug who viciously strangled his grandmother after headbutting her and repeatedly punching her in the ribs when she told him to stop drinking alcohol has been jailed. Matthew Jonathan, 37, attacked 88-year-old Barbara Jenkins on September 9 last year after he slammed a bottle on a table and declared: "If I want to f****** drink I will and no-one is going to stop me."
After the incident, he claimed his grandmother was a 'liar' and said she had sustained injuries from falling over, Wales Online reports. The defendant had been taken in by grandmother following the breakdown of his marriage and he became violent after Mrs Jenkins told her grandson she was going to call his mum Tracey Jonathan.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday heard Mrs Jenkins described her relationship with Jonathan as 'good' but he became a 'completely different person' when he drank alcohol. On the morning of the attack, the OAP noticed her grandson was drinking alcohol and told him to stop as 'it wasn't healthy'.
When he refused, he called her daughter, the defendant's mother to come round but upon hearing this Jonathan went over to Mrs Jenkins and placed a fist against her face and head. Describing the incident prosecutor James Evans said: "He headbutted her and caused her bruises. He picked up a shoe and threw that at her, making contact with her chest causing, further bruises.
"She said she would tell his mother about what he'd done and he grabbed her by the arms, twisting the skin so that caused it to cut. She showed him the injuries and he slapped her to the face five times. He grabbed her by the head and pulled it down behind his arm with her body against his and punched her repeatedly to her ribs.
"He said to her: 'I'll choke
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