A prisoner who struck another inmate on the head with an improvised weapon has received a further custodial term.
The 26-year-old came before Mold Crown Court for sentence. He had earlier admitted grievous bodily harm and possessing a prohibited weapon.
The attack happened one afternoon in October 2025. The man spotted his victim standing in a queue inside the prison. He walked up to him holding an electrical plug, its wire wrapped around his hand. He swung the plug, which hit the victim’s head and caused heavy bleeding. Another prisoner stepped in and stopped the attack from getting worse.
The court heard that the man was serving a two-year sentence at the time. After his release, he committed a robbery in May 2026. For that offence he received six years’ custody with two years’ extended licence, the sentence he is now serving.
Alun Williams, defending, said his client had been “very candid” about the offence. He told the court that his client had faced threats.
Mr Williams suggested that the court should ideally have handled the GBH offence alongside the extended sentence. He said he felt a further custodial sentence was inevitable. He also referred to difficulties in his client’s life, particularly since his teenage years.
His Honour Judge Mills told the court that this was not a straightforward sentencing exercise. The man has no fixed release date. If he wants release on licence, he must apply to the Parole Board after serving two-thirds of his sentence. The two years of extended licence would then follow.
Judge Mills imposed a 12-month term for each offence. The two terms run concurrently with each other and with the man’s current sentence. The judge said this meant the new terms would sit within the existing extended sentence.
However, he said he expected the Parole Board to take account of any further violent offending during the current sentence. That would matter when the board decides whether to release the man on licence.
