The prosecutor said: “There was an element of bad blood on both sides.” The defendant first assaulted Mr McCann on October 9, 2020 when he turned up at his new workplace, leaving him with a minor injury. Morgan returned four days later and set upon him again. Mr Howells told the court: “The complainant felt severe blows to the back of the head and to the front of the head which caused him to fall to the floor. “It was a repeated and sustained assault. “The defendant drove away and Mr McCann was treated at Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny.” He sustained a fractured eye socket and with blurred vision for a time after the attack.
Some of the images involved the young victims being raped. Jeffrey Jones, mitigating for Wilkes, said: “He is genuinely remorseful and feels shame and is determined not to reoffend.” Speaking about the sex attack on the girl, Mr Jones added: “It was not a sustained act. He was disgusted the following day. “This was his first arrest. He had no previous convictions. “The defendant’s experience of custody over the last five weeks has been a sharp shock.” The judge, Recorder Greg Bull QC, sent Wilkes to a young offender institution for two years for the sexual assault. He also imposed consecutive terms of six months and three months for making an indecent image of a child and possessing indecent class A images of children.