Man who smashed window at former partner’s house is jailed
A MAN who smashed his ex’s window tried to claim it could not have been him because he had been at Barry Island all day.
When police officers asked Joseph O’Regan about the cuts on his hands, he stated they were from labouring, not caused by broken glass from his former partner’s shattered door panels.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the defendant was “extremely aggressive” when confronted by the police.
Rachel Knight, prosecuting, said his most recent offending happened at Clos-Y-Blaidd in Thornhill, Cardiff, on December 13 last year.
The court heard O’Regan argued with his former girlfriend and was seen to be carrying a weapon.
Officers went to search the 31-yearold’s home and found a CS gas canister in the driver’s door pocket of his Renault Clio, along with cannabis.
The defendant was taken to the police station and claimed the CS gas belonged to the previous owners of the car.
O’Regan claimed he had only had the car for three days, but checks confirmed he bought it more than a month previously.
Ms Knight added: “That was a lie.” The court heard he had 22 previous offences on his record, including battery, criminal damage and repeated breaches of court orders.
Ms Knight said he was given a community order, requiring him to complete rehabilitation, in June 2019.
She told the court he turned up at the same address in Thornhill in April 2019, demanding to be let in. He shouted “horrible comments” about his ex and smashed her door and window.
The court heard officers found him sitting in his car and he claimed it was a “malicious complaint”, stating he had been at Barry Island all day and
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Prosecutors said he was also given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for six months, for possessing cannabis and an offensive weapon.
Police were called to an incident in north Cardiff at 11.30pm on May 22, 2019 and found the defendant “slumped” over the steering wheel of a Fiat Punto.
Ms Knight said he was intoxicated and officers struggled to wake him, then he was “agitated” and obstructive. They found a silver knuckleduster under the seat, along with cannabis.
The court heard O’Regan asked the officers why they were bothering him and told them they should “get a life”.
When he was interviewed, he stated he had the knuckleduster for protection while he was sleeping in his car and thought it was better than carrying a knife.
O’Regan, from Burnham Avenue in Llanrumney, admitted possessing cannabis and a prohibited weapon in breach of a community order and suspended sentence.
Huw Bowden, defending, said his client had difficulties with accommodation and was effectively living in his car. He told the court youth hostel accommodation has been provided for him during the pandemic and he hopes it will lead to more permanent accommodation.
Mr Bowden said the defendant has engaged with his GP and is taking appropriate medication for mental health problems.
Judge Nicola Jones sent him to prison for 13 months and made an order for the CS gas canister and drugs to be destroyed.