A man threatened his wife with a hammer after he grew frustrated with her drinking during a family day out to the seaside. Vishal Kapoor, 37, lost his temper at Meena Gadhu and told her that he would "f*****g kill her" in front of his two young children and horrified onlookers at a petrol station in Barry.
Kapoor, of Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton, had driven his family to south Wales for a day at the beach and faced a 130-mile journey back to the West Midlands when he snapped at Ms Gadhu and called her an "alcy" and a "f*****g drunk". After stopping at the petrol station mid-argument, he left without her, before driving back at speed, nearly hitting her with the car and brandishing the hammer while making threats to kill her.
He appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday, August 9 having previously pleaded guilty to affray as well as possession of 9.2g of cannabis, which was found on him after his arrest at the petrol station. He had earlier denied assault by beating and making threats to kill, which sent the case to trial, but Ms Gadhu - whom he is now separated from - withdrew her support for the prosecution's case.
