A mum has told how she feared for her life as her former partner's brother rammed a digger into her legs, her car and her house. Paula Brown said Mark Holmes had "the most evil look on his face" as he went on the JCB rampage in Blackwood.
Last week we reported how Holmes, 56, had been spared prison after leaving Ms Brown with heavy bruising, causing £28,000 worth of damage to her home and writing off two cars in what Newport Crown Court heard was a drunken "revenge" attack. Now Ms Brown, 50, has spoken to WalesOnline about her terror on the afternoon of November 8 last year when Holmes targeted the house while she and her 15-year-old son were inside.
The court heard the attack came after a "culmination of family problems, misunderstandings and disagreements" but Ms Brown said she had done nothing to provoke a retaliation and the "revenge" was based on falsehoods. Her son had come home from school that day because he was ill and they were in the living room watching TV at 1pm when Ms Brown heard a noise outside.
