A MAN has been jailed after attacking his brother with a pool cue before smashing him in the face with a glass at a workingmen's club.

Christopher Rees and his brother Matthew had been drinking at the workingmen’s club in Tumble on May 28.

The court heard that Matthew Rees had spent most of the night sat down, while Christopher was outside with his partner.

Craig Jones, prosecuting, said that at around 10.30pm, Matthew asked his brother: ‘What have you said about me?’.

CCTV footage showed a verbal altercation, and the defendant grabbed a pool cue and repeatedly hit his brother with it, snapping the cue in half.

Others stepped in and separated the brothers, but Christopher Rees then launched a glass at his brother from across the room, before grabbing another glass and smashing Matthew in the face with it.

“He was seen to be bleeding from a facial injury and was bleeding from his neck,” Mr Jones said.

When the police arrived, Matthew confirmed only that he had been attacked by his brother, and refused to give any more information or allow the police to check over his injuries.

Mr Jones said that the victim did not want to co-operate with the prosecution.

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Christopher Rees, 38, of Caradon Place in Bridgwater, has two previous convictions – one for wounding in 2010 and one for criminal damage in 2022.

Ieuan Rees, defending, described the incident as a “sad case in many ways”.

“Everyone accepts there must have been some provocation which caused Mr (Christopher) Rees to react in the way that he did,” he said, adding that it is not known what was said as the victim had not co-operated with the prosecution.

Mr Rees said the defendant was a father of two and was “well thought of in the community”, and that his guilty plea showed “regret and remorse” over the incident.

Judge Catherine Richards said: “There was a very significant risk here of really serious harm, in particular the smashing of a glass in the facial area.

“You were both drunk and affected by cocaine.”

She sentenced him to two years and seven months for attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent.

No evidence was offered on a charge of threatening a person with an offensive weapon – the pool cue – in a public place, and Rees was found not guilty of that.