The judge slammed it as an 'appalling act of violence'
A thug punched his grieving dad unconscious and attacked his stepmother after his gran's funeral. Ashley Williamson followed his father home and launched the alcohol-fuelled attack following his gran's wake at a pub.
“He turned around and started abusing and attacking her. He grabbed her wrist to stop her calling the police, he then grabbed her by the throat and by the hair.” The court was told that the couple were taken to hospital after neighbour Janet Heywood called an ambulance. Later on, the Pixmore Avenue resident returned to the Bardon Close address in Halliwell where he smashed windows and doors of the house as well as damaging two cars on the property - belonging to his father Anthony Williamson and grandad Barry Williamson.
Judge Elliot Knopf, said that Williamson was a man ‘not averse to using violence’, referring to his past convictions involving violent behaviour. Speaking before sentencing, he said: “[This is] an appalling act of violence. Even more so on the day of your grandmother’s funeral.”
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