A MAN from Abergele who assaulted a woman and child, threatened another person, and kicked a dog in Rhyl has been jailed.

Joseph Fogg, 39, of South Parade, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment at Mold Crown Court today (January 25).

He had previously admitted charges of assault by beating, using threatening behaviour, criminal damage to property, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

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Prosecuting, Thomas McLoughlin told the court that, at about 5.30pm in Rhyl on October 2, 2023, Fogg pushed the woman, bruising her and causing her to fall to the floor.

Fogg then kicked a dog with such force that it retreated and urinated.

The woman then went to tend to the child, whose crying Fogg then mimicked.

He then caused roughly £1,100 of damage to the woman’s mobile phone, rendering it unusable, before making such comments as: “Ha – try and phone someone now, d*******.”

While carrying the child, the woman was then punched on multiple occasions by Fogg, though one of his blows struck the child in the face instead.

The woman suffered swelling, bruising and cuts, and both she and the child suffered reddening under their eyes.

After the woman told Fogg that he had hit the child, he replied: “I’ll do it again.”

A man nearby heard the commotion and tried to intervene, but was told by Fogg to “keep your fat mouth of it” and to “go back inside, otherwise I’ll t*** you”.

The man said he feared he would be assaulted by Fogg, who was said to be “goading” him.

Fogg left the scene on his motorbike, but was later arrested, telling officers he had consumed alcohol and cannabis prior to the incident.

During his formal police interview, though, he made no comment.

Defending Fogg, who had 16 previous convictions for 23 offences, but none for violent matters since 2012, Jade Tufail asked if the court could consider suspending his custodial sentence.

Fogg was said to have not breached his bail conditions since his arrest, while Ms Tufail added that he has “insight” into how his actions have affected his victims.

She said he has been “out of trouble” for three years, and suffers from mental health issues and alcoholism – though he “hasn’t touched a drink since the incident,” she added.

Ms Tufail described Fogg as “not somebody who is without hope”.

Sentencing, Judge Nicola Saffman deemed Fogg’s offences too serious for immediate custody to be avoided.

“You were clearly intoxicated,” she told Fogg, who spent much of the hearing weeping and with his head in his hands.

Judge Saffman added: “In my judgment, this is a matter where only an immediate custodial sentence is appropriate.”