A thug assaulted his former partner and threatened to sell her cat for money. When Tobias James Mansley, 19, was arrested and was allowed to make a phone call from a police station, he chose to rang his victim - breaching a court order.
A judge on March 22 sentenced him to a total of 22 months locked up in a young offenders' institution for assault and harassment by breaching a restraining order.
The prosecution at Caernarfon Crown Court, Wales, said Mansley had appeared at his ex-partner Michaela Jones' home on November 6, 2021.
Mansley demanded money and became "visibly frustrated". He said that Ms Jones would have to cell her mobile phone, She said that she would help him with money but that she needed her phone, North Wales Live reports.
The court heard how she picked up her son and wedged the phone down the side of the sofa as she tried to contact 999. However, Mansley kept trying to "snatch" it.
Then Mansley, of Victoria Road, Holyhead, picked up her kitten and said he would try to sell the pet.
The prosecutor said Ms Jones said: "He was so angry the colour had drained out of his face."
He leant his forehead up against her forehead and grabbed her right sleeve with such force it ripped off. Neighbours heard her screaming.
Police were called but Mansley evaded officers. He was eventually caught in January this year.
Yet Caernarfon Crown Court was told that when he was arrested and taken to a police station, he was heard to say "I love you" to someone in the single phone call he was allowed. It turned out he had used it to ring his victim - Ms Jones - even though there had been an earlier restraining order prohibiting contact.
Myles Wilson, defending, said his client had behaved immaturely. Being in custody had been a "shock to the system".
He has work out of the area at a family friend's plumbing business in the south of England. He wants to put this matter behind him and move on.
However, the judge His Honour Timothy Petts told Mansley he had "absolutely no regard" for court orders prohibiting him from contacting Ms Jones, following earlier offending.
He jailed the defendant for ten months each, to run concurrently, for breaching a restraining order twice, and also activated the rest of a former suspended sentence. So he was sent to youth detention for a total of 22 months.
His restraining order conditions were strengthened, prohibiting him from contacting his ex-partner through a third party.
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