A MAN from Anglesey who assaulted his former partner and her friend has been spared jail.
Derfel Jones, 39, of Tan Y Fron, Llangefni, was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, at Caernarfon Crown Court today (March 16).
He had previously admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Prosecutor John Wyn Williams said Jones had previously been in a relationship with Lyndsey Evans.
But on July 5, 2025, Jones made “nasty remarks” towards Ms Evans, and began swearing after becoming “visibly angry and frustrated”.
He then struck Ms Evans with an “upper cut” to her jaw and fists, causing her to fall backwards and land on a concrete surface.
Jones then “charged” towards Ms Evans’ friend, Louise Cleator, and repeatedly hit her to the head, arms and body.
Mr Wyn Williams said Jones inflicted “nasty injury” during an “unpleasant incident,” albeit no permanent injuries were sustained.
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Following Jones’ arrest, he told police he had “acted reasonably” in an attempt to prevent himself from being injured.
In a statement, Ms Evans said the incident affected her mental health, and has made her feel “conscious and embarrassed” about her appearance.
Ms Cleator said she was left “really shaken up” and now feels “constantly on edge,” while her facial injuries she described as “painful and upsetting”.
Representing Jones, who had 29 previous convictions for 53 offences, Catherine Elvin said he “had the good sense to enter his guilty pleas at his first opportunity to do so”.
Ms Elvin said Jones, a self-employed plasterer, is remorseful, and “takes full responsibility for his actions towards both of these victims”.
His alcohol intake was said to have increased following family bereavements, Ms Elvin added.
She said Jones “accepts he has a poor relationship with alcohol, and that needs to change,” and that he has “never committed a crime sober”.
Sentencing, Judge Nicola Jones told the defendant that his initial suggestion that he acted in self-defence was “clearly nonsense”.
She added: “You were intoxicated and out of control. This is the last chance you’re going to get.”
Jones will complete a 26-session programme requirement, 25 days’ rehabilitation activity, a six-month alcohol treatment requirement, and 12 months’ mental health treatment requirement.
Restraining orders lasting five years were made for the protection of both women, while Jones will also pay £150 in costs.
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