TWO MEN from Flintshire have been sentenced after a 'very ugly' fight broke out.

Stephen Mullins, of Salisbury Street in Shotton, and Tyler Roberts, of Nant Mawr Crescent in Buckley, appeared before Mold Crown Court on Thursday, April 4. 

Mullins, 31, previously pleaded guilty to affray and Roberts, 21, pleaded guilty to affray and Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) during a hearing held on March 8.

Amy Edwards, prosecuting, told the court that the incident in question took place on March 1, 2023.

North Wales Police had received a call that day at 11.34am from Mullins who said he had been assaulted by three people.

However, CCTV played in court shows him turn up to a Buckley address where Roberts - and another male and female not present in court - were.

He enters the garden area of the property with a brick in hand before the fight breaks out after he hits the other man with it.

Roberts is then shown to punch and kick Mullins during the altercation before Mullins can be heard saying 'no, no, no', while pleading with him to stop.

Mullins had, he said, gone to the address after claiming that the other man in the video had threatened to 'stab him'.

Mullins sustained serious facial injuries during what was described as a 'persistent' incident by Ms Edwards in court.

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Simon Rogers, defending Mullins, said that although the defendant had gone to the address with a brick in hand 'little or no physical injury' had actually been caused by him.

Mr Rogers added that Mullins was someone who was now 'showing prospects' of rehabilitation - despite Recorder Wyn Lloyd Jones saying the defendant had a 'shocking record' of offending previously.

He also was someone who was now in 'stable employment', Mr Rogers added.

Jade Tufail, defending Roberts, said that he accepted that the incident had 'gone too far'.

She said that it had been 'out of character' for him and that he was grieving the loss of his grandmother and a close friend at the time.

He had, according to Ms Tufail, 'stayed out of trouble' since the incident.

Sentencing Mullins, Recorder Lloyd Jones said: "This was a quite shocking and very ugly incident. If you hadn't come in with a brick, none of this would have happened."

"You have a shocking record of offending dating back to 2007. Six of those incidents are for violence.

"The courts have bent over backwards to give you chance after chance."

He sentenced him to six months in prison, which was suspended for 18 months and added: "This really is your last chance. Do not throw away this opportunity."

Roberts was handed a four month sentence for the affray and six months for the ABH, to run concurrently. This too was suspended for 18 months and he was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.