A MAN who was previously told by a judge that he “doesn’t know how to treat women” has returned to court accused of breaching a restraining order and strangling a woman.
Joshua Jones, of no fixed abode, appeared at Swansea Crown Court via video link charged with 10 offences against a woman.
The court heard that the victim was granted a restraining order against Jones on August 10, 2022, at Swansea Magistrates’ Court.
However, 23-year-old Jones was accused of breaching that order between January 1 and March 6, on March 7, March 14, March 17, April 22, and May 16.
It was alleged that Jones contacted the woman, entered a premises occupied by her, sent her abusive text messages, and sent her a follow request on Instagram across that period.
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He was also accused of strangling and suffocating the woman in an incident in the Townhill area of Swansea on March 7, as well as damaging her door, clothing, shoes, and bed.
Jones was further changed with stalking relating to his behaviour towards the woman between March 13 and May 17.
The defendant pleaded guilty to six offences of acting in breach of a restraining order, one offence of intentional strangulation, and of criminal damage. He denied charges of suffocation and stalking causing serious alarm or distress.
Prosecutor Dean Pulling said these pleas were acceptable to the prosecution, and a trial would not be sought on the remaining charges.
“It is an extremely worrying course of behaviour,” Judge Catherine Richards said as she remanded Jones in to custody.
He will be sentenced on October 1.
On that date, Jones will also come before the court for breaching a community order, to which he had become “fully disengaged”.
The offences related to an attack in Ystradgynlais on March 26 last year.
“He doesn’t know how to treat women at all, does he?,” Judge Huw Rees said at the time.
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