A 20-year-old man named Hughes was arraigned to court for cutting his ex-girlfriend, Maddy Brown’s hand with a machete and then tried to pay her so she would not report him to the police.
It was gathered that the man used a machete to slice through his ex-girlfriend’s hand ‘like butter’.
After he tried to bribe her, the victim who was left with a permanent scare after the incident in March recorded the moment he tried to make the offer and then passed it on to the police.
During the court hearing at Caernarfon Crown Court, It was revealed that Hughes appeared like a ‘decent, pleasant and easy-going boy’ when Maddy first met him about 11 months ago.
The duo dated for a few months and when it didn’t work out, they decided it was better to be friends.
However, on the night Hughes attacked Maddy, they had been having some drinks near the town of Colwyn Bay, in North Wales.
Sharing her story, Maddy revealed that when her cousin came to fetch her, Hughes started to demand the cousin take him to Colwyn Bay where he planned to meet someone else for a fight.
She said;
“I continued to tell [Hughes] that we weren’t dropping him off but he became aggressive and abusive towards my cousin so he agreed to drop him off just to shut him up.
Once we got into Colwyn Bay we saw the lad he was meant to be fighting, along with many other people and he insisted that we carry on driving as he was scared to get out of the car.”
Maddy was left in shock when Hughes brought out a machete which he hid in his trouser.
“His attitude and behaviour scared me. Kelly refused to leave the car unless I came with him.” She added.
When he tried to harm her with the machete, she tried to protect herself by blocking it with her hand.
The machete went straight through her hand twice and Mandy was left with gaping wounds and needed 11 stitches.
The court heard Hughes did not intend to slice Maddy’s hand and his actions were ‘reckless not intentional’.
“I have become very nervous around sudden movements and suffer from pain in my hand. I have nightmares and panic attacks.”Maddy said.
Recounting their conversation over the phone the next day, Maddy said;
“It was obvious he only thought about himself. I am scarred for life and could have lost my hand, but all he could think about was getting away without punishment.”
Meanwhile, Hughes was handed a 14-month sentence in court on Wednesday, December 15.
However, he was released straight afterwards because he had already spent eight months on remand.
Speaking about the latest development, Maddy said she feels extremely let down by the justice system.
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