A drunk male who was found with a head injury assaulted a paramedic as he told her he wanted to ‘have sex with her’.
William Dykins Griffiths, 62 was found in the street by medics in Holywell , bleeding from his head.
When Griffiths was put in the back of the ambulance, he grabbed the female medic by the wrists and said to her: “I want to f*** you”.
When he arrived at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Griffiths then tried to bite another paramedic, punched one in the stomach and threw a urine bottle at a nurse’s head.
Image Credit: North Wales Police
Griffiths was sentenced to 12 months in prison by magistrates in Llandudno for the incident that happened on the 4th August.
However, Griffiths appealed the sentence to a crown court judge.
But the judge hearing the case told Griffiths that if he had have been up before a crown court judge for sentencing, then he would probably have got a longer-term.
Judge Recorder Greg Bull subsequently rejected his appeal.
Sitting with two magistrates, Judge Bull said:
“Paramedics acting in the exercise of their duty need the protection of the courts, to ensure that they are safe.”
Speaking about what Griffiths had said to the medics, Judge Bull continued:
“Those are not the sort of words that disappear from the mind overnight.”
He said his behaviour had been “wholly unacceptable”, and that although the sentence was severe, it was not excessive.
At the hospital, Griffiths was placed on a bed in a corridor where he continued to be aggressive and at one stage attempted to bite a paramedic.
It was argued on his behalf that two consecutive six-month sentences were excessive in the circumstances.
Griffiths had been told that the credit for his guilty pleas in the magistrates’ court was reflected by not sending the case to the crown court for sentence.
The Welsh Ambulance Service has taken a zero tolerance approach to anyone who assaults or abuses any of its staff.
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A 62 year old shouldn’t need telling how to behave nor should he need to be told that alcohol in no excuse. That is the sort of thing you would expect to tell a teenager. At 62 he should know better.
I am pleased the judge rejected the appeal and I hope this teaches him what is probably a long overdue lesson.