A man entered his former partner's house in the early hours of the morning armed with a flamethrower. Daniel Williams then lit the device causing a two-foot jet of flame to shoot out of the end in an act a judge said was clearly designed to "intimidate" his ex. The terrifying incident was done in breach of a restraining order banning him from going to the property following his conviction for stalking the woman.
Tom Roberts., prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court that on the night of January 25 this year Williams' ex fell asleep on the sofa while watching TV at her home on the Graig-y-Rhacca estate near Trethomas. As she was not expecting to fall asleep she had not locked the doors.
The court heard the woman woke in the early hours of the following morning to find Williams inside the property and carrying a flamethrower. Williams began shouting that the house was his and he was going lose everything because of his ex and he then began "flicking" the trigger of the device.
