A man slashed his best friend across the neck with a blade during a drink and drug-fuelled altercation. It is thought Kyle Lloyd used a craft type-knife to cut his mate, causing two wounds which required stitches and staples to close. The 32-year-old defendant has a history of violent offending, including an attempted robbery.
Swansea Crown Court heard Lloyd and a friend spent October 23 last year drinking whisky and Stella lager and taking cannabis and crack cocaine at the defendant's home in the Afan Valley. Dyfed Thomas, prosecuting, said as the day progressed Lloyd became increasingly angry and aggressive as he talked about his partner and children. The pair ended up scuffling with Lloyd's friend telling him to calm down and stop shouting at him as he was "the only mate he had left".
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