Welsh man jailed over bizarre attack

A man who forced a householder to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep and lick his feet while filming the humiliating attack on his mobile phone has been locked up for three years. Gino Lee Breeze, 20, of Lon y Glyder, Bangor admitted assaulting the man when he appeared for sentence at Caernarfon Crown Court. The incidents happened at a house in Toronnen, Bangor on June 1.

Judge Michael Farmer QC said: "These are very serious offences. You are responsible for behaviour which beggars belief and which you captured on your own (mobile) phone. "These humiliating assaults took place over something like three hours. Fortunately the physical injuries are superficial and not permanent but the psychological damage you inflicted is considerable."

Breeze, the court heard, was visiting a friend on the Bangor estate on June 1 and his victim was chatting outside his home to a friend. Ian Evans, prosecuting, said the friend cracked a joke and both had laughed. Breeze wrongly assumed they were laughing at him.

A short time later Breeze went to the 45-year-old’s house and pushed his way in. He assaulted the man and then ordered him to lick his feet. "He filmed the incident on his mobile phone," Mr Evans said. Later that day Breeze returned to the man’s house and subjected him to a second ordeal. Mr Evans said Breeze got a knife and a fork from the kitchen.

"While holding the knife to the man’s ear and the fork near his eyes he ordered him to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep."

Owen Edwards, for Breeze, said the incidents were an "example of gross bullying of an older man". "He accepts his behaviour was despicable," said Mr Edwards.