Posted on 02/10/2024 7:36:26 PM PST by nickcarraway
A MAN threatened to kill the hostess of a barbecue he had been invited to after violence flared over the choice of music being played.
Jace Walsh got involved in a fight at the social gathering held at the home of his friends Richard and Lorna Cochrane in Ynysddu, between Blackwood and Risca.
The 45-year-old defendant went home and armed himself with a knife after he suffered head injuries in a punch-up with Shane Griffiths, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Martha Smith-Higgins said: “He came out into the street with a six to seven-inch bread knife and shouted at Mrs Cochrane, ‘I’m going to f****** kill Shane and you.’
“Mr Cochrane hugged him in an effort to distract him and a neighbour took the knife from him and put it in a bin.
“Another neighbour escorted Mr Walsh home and the police were called.
“The fight broke out at the barbecue over the genre of music being played.
“The defendant was described as being drunk and unpredictable.”
In a victim personal statement, Mr Cochrane said: “I can’t believe what’s just happened.
“I’m shocked that my friend has done this.
“It doesn’t make sense to me.”
Walsh, of Commercial Street, Ynysddu pleaded guilty to making threats with a blade in a public place.
The offence was committed at around 10pm on Friday, April 16, 2022.
The defendant has three previous convictions for four offences.
They include assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault but these were committed more than 20 years ago.
Hannah Friedman representing Walsh said: “The defendant felt an element of provocation and he felt attacked.
“He is extremely remorseful and he’s mortified at the upset he has caused his friends and neighbours.”
The judge, Recorder David Payne, told Walsh: “There was a risk of serious disorder.”
But he said there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation in his case.
The defendant was jailed for 15 months but that sentence was suspended for two years.
Walsh will have to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work and complete an eight-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
He must pay £720 prosecution costs and a £156 victim surcharge.
And Ynysddu is a real place in Wales.
I thought these things only happened at wakes over there. Or is only Irish wakes?
Now I COULD see this happening in Chicago.
Perfectly justified if they were playing (c)rap “music”.
Maybe the perp was a fan of Manic Street Preachers, and the host decided to play Goldie Lookin’ Chain.
“He came out into the street with a six to seven-inch bread knife and shouted at Mrs Cochrane, ‘I’m going to f****** kill Shane and you.’
I feel the same way about most Contemporary Chritian Music (CCM).
a £156 victim surcharge.
Who keeps that tidy sum ?
“Another neighbour escorted Mr Walsh home and the police were called.”
They say He’s crazy, but he has a good time
He’s just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
I think he wanted Nickelback, and they wanted Super Furry Animals.
I have news for you - they don't use bread knives in Chicago.
I can't abide mean drunks. But if the host was playing Taylor Swift, maybe he was justified.
I haven’t heard of them in a long time. I assume they still haven’t found their member who disappeared? Still have sightings in Goa or Bangkok?
What about Stereophonics? Or Catatonia?
Probably Taylor Swift or rap music
I hear “I Did It My Way” is a great generator of violence if it is not sung to everyone’s drunken standards.
Parties work best when they play both kinds of music - Country AND Western.
I was thinking more like the Beatles vs the Dave Clark 5.
Or Tom Jones vs Matt Munro.
They happen in the UK and Ireland. LOTS of drink at the pub.
They still also allow the casket to be with the families at home (at least that was the case with a friend of mine).
And we saw the casket descend into the ground where we threw dirt on it.
Very different from funerals here (in my experience).
I read the perpetrator had to pay £896. Ouch.
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