A burglar who broke into a Greggs bakery punched and strangled his former partner days after he was released from prison. He hit her so hard she fell back and hit her head on a coffee table.
Gary Matthews, 35, burgled a Greggs shop in Tredegar overnight on September 29 and 30, stealing £50 from charity boxes. He was caught escaping from the shop on CCTV.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard Matthews had been in a relationship with a woman for two years but that came to an end in July 2021. But upon being released from prison the defendant tracked down the his vulnerable former partner after she changed addresses to avoid him.
