…By Alan Peterson for TDPel Media.
Ashley Jones, a 29-year-old resident of Merthyr Street in Barry, had been drinking and watching a rugby match at the pub.
According to the witness, the men initially shook hands before the victim launched his punch.
In a mitigating statement, defense barrister Luis Williamson argued that Jones was “alcohol dependent” and grappling with mental health issues at the time of the incident.