A man was left with his nose "splattered all over his face" after being kicked and stamped on when he complained about noise from his neighbours. The brutal assault was seen by a friend of the victim who was out walking his dog – but the dog walker found himself being arrested and spending a day in the cells after false statements were given to the police naming him as the one who carried out the attack.
Swansea Crown Court heard that on December 14, 2021, the victim of the assault knocked on the door of the upstairs flat in Three Meadows in Haverfordwest to ask those inside to keep the noise down. The tenant of the upstairs flat, Dion Morgan, came out of the flat followed by her partner Jedd Hitchings and a number of other people. Hitchings and his friend Gareth Roberts then attacked the neighbour – knocking him to the floor and kicking and stamping on his head "with some force" as he lay on the ground.
The court heard that at this point a friend of the victim walked up the street with his dog and saw people scuffling outside the flats. As he got closer he saw his friend being attacked and he described the victim's nose as being "splattered all over his face" like he had been "hit with a cricket bat". Hitching then turned his attention to the dog walker, punching him in the head before the bystander escaped.
