Son launched ‘cowardly’ attack on dad
A SON who harboured a grudge against his dad subjected him to a shocking attack during which he put him into a wardrobe and stamped on him.
A court heard Steven Morgan and his father had a “volatile” relationship and did not get on following childhood issues surrounding domestic abuse.
Having spiralled into drinking to excess following the death of his grandmother, on January 13 this year Morgan decided to travel some distance to attack his dad at his home in Wallsend in the early hours.
Having smashed the car window of a neighbour on his way, he forced his way into his father’s home while he was asleep, dragging him out of bed, kicking, stamping and punching him and putting him in a wardrobe while threatening to kill him.
Jailing him at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Tim Gittins said: “You roused him, roughly, before assaulting him, punching and kicking him and putting him into the wardrobe and smashing the wardrobe, using your foot as a weapon to stamp on him on his head and chest as well as taking a clothes rail to hit him – that’s what caused the nasty wound to the back of his head. All the while, you were threatening to kill him and demanding to know where the knives were.”
The victim was left with wounds to his head and eye, a fractured rib and swelling and abrasions. Morgan, 40, of Hollin Hill Road, Concord, Washington, who has 16 previous convictions, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding, threats to kill and criminal damage, was jailed for 20 months.
His dad said in a victim impact statement: “I honestly believed he was going to kill me. I live alone and I’m vulnerable. The fact he broke in at night is cowardly. I just don’t know why he has done this. If he hates me this much he should just stay away from me.”