A man committed a "vicious and unprovoked" assault on the mother of his five-week-old son in the middle of Swansea city centre because he didn't like the name she had chosen for the child. Ricky Morris, 31, approached his former partner Jodie Harris as she was out shopping with the child in a pushchair on May 13 this year.
Swansea Magistrates' Court heard how Ms Harris was pushing the newborn in his buggy when she was approached by Morris in Plymouth Street at around 11am. The pair, who had known each other since they were children, had entered into a relationship in January 2021. In a statement read to the court Ms Harris said the pair engaged in a lot of drug use together and described the relationship as the "worst time of her life."
Several months after commencing the relationship Ms Morris discovered she was pregnant. At this point the court heard how she vowed to stop all drug use. Around the same time Morris was recalled to prison for a previous offence. The court heard he had "promised" his partner he would also stop taking recreational drugs when he was released from prison. According to Ms Harris this didn't happen and she ended the relationship in August of the same year.
