A man threw a gas bottle and concrete slab through a pensioner's windows and threatened to burn her house down. Richard Thompson fled from the scene but returned later that night and used a wooden fence pole to assault member's of the victim's family who had gone to her aid.
The defendant later told police he believed a man he held responsible for the death of his partner lived at the Port Talbot house. In fact a widow in her 70s lived at the address – and Thompson's partner was very much alive.
Swansea Crown Court heard at around 10.45pm on March 30 this year a 73-year-old woman was in bed in her Sandfields house when she head loud banging noises coming from downstairs. Megan Jones, prosecuting, said the woman went to see what was happening and found a Calor gas canister had been thrown the glass panel of her front door and a concrete slab had been thrown through her living room window. The court heard Thompson was outside the property and shouted: "I've got to light the bomb!" at the woman before running off.
