A MAN from Gwynedd strangled one woman on a bus and left another “covered in blood” after punching her.

Brendon Lee Williams, 36, of Bryntirion, Dolgellau, was today (November 20) jailed for two years and 11 months at Caernarfon Crown Court (sitting at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court).

He pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of unlawful wounding, intentional strangulation, and possession of a bladed article.

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Prosecutor Ryan Rothwell said that, on June 29, Charlie Bromley was on a bus that the defendant was also on between Caernarfon and Dolgellau with her girlfriend, Jennifer Williams.

When Ms Bromley took a beer out of her bag, Williams asked if she was going to share it with him – when she said no, he started at her and her girlfriend for roughly one minute.

After Williams had made them feel “intimidated”, Ms Williams told him: “At least I’ve still got my teeth,” which caused the defendant to “flip a switch”.

He replied: “Do you like having your teeth? Because I’m going to knock them down your throat.”

Williams then grabbed Ms Williams’ neck and held on to it for about two minutes, despite her attempts to apologise for what she said was simply meant as “banter”.

After he let go, he walked away, but told the women: “Don’t mess with me.”

Later that day, Williams was seen waving a knife, of about five to six inches in length, in Dolgellau.

Witnesses were left “petrified”, so one woman, Roxanne Redmond, attempted to calm him down.

She punched him, so Williams retaliated by punching her to the face, calling her to fall backwards and hit her head on a car, and leaving her “covered in blood” and with a 4-5cm laceration to her left eye.

Williams, who had 55 previous convictions for 88 offences, was arrested shortly after.

Defending him, Simon Rogers said he has made “real progress” in reducing his drug use, and has enrolled on a “12 Steps” programme since being remanded in custody.

Williams’ guilty pleas, albeit at a late stage, were also asked to be factored in to his sentence.

Sentencing, Judge Timothy Petts told Williams that the incident on the bus would have been “no doubt a very frightening and painful experience”.