A “highly skilled” former Marine with post-traumatic stress disorder assaulted a 16-year-old boy with a martial arts move because he thought he was being a nuisance outside his flat in Cardiff. Veteran Grant Wallis unleashed the move on the helpless schoolboy outside the defendant's home at Cwrt Ffordd Nowell in Penylan.
Bethan Evans, prosecuting, told a sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday how on May 4 last year two teenage friends were playing around 10m from 44-year-old Wallis’ home when he became angry. Bizarrely Wallis began by opening his window and shouting at the two boys: “I love you guys.”
But Wallis’ tone then changed and he said: “F*** it, I am going to kill you guys.” The two boys later told police Wallis was clearly off balance and intoxicated during the episode which turned violent.
