A Wiltshire man has pleaded guilty to assaulting two “good Samaritans” who came to his aid.
Rease Daniel Davis, 23, had already pleaded guilty to three charges relating to criminal damage and threatening behaviour in Salisbury Magistrates Court on February 25.
The charges relate to the events of August 13 last year, when he had been staying with acquaintances at an address in Warminster.
Yesterday (Monday April 4), Davis appeared again before the magistrates for assaulting two gentlemen while intoxicated.
The first incident
Prosecuting, Keith Ballinger told the court that on August 13, 2021, Davis had been “chilling”, but over the course of the day, there was “growing concern” over his behaviour, as he had been drinking for hours.
When asked to stop drinking by those in his company, Davis is said to have become angry and aggressive.
He left the address for a while, and appeared to have calmed down when he returned, but continued to drink, the court heard.
In the evening, after being asked to leave the address, he made a phone call to find somewhere else to stay, but, having found nowhere else, he decided to stay.
The court heard he was thought to have consumed around ten pints of cider.
When he eventually left he started shouting and screaming outside, before damaging a window.
He was charged with using violence to secure entry to premises, criminal damage to property – a window to the value of £118.99 – along with using threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of or provoke unlawful violence.
New assault charges
Appearing in court yesterday (Monday April 4), Davis faced two new charges of assault by beating, to which he also pleaded guilty.
On September 3, he was found on a grass area in Chippenham, and described as being really intoxicated.
Two members of the public came to his assistance and an ambulance was called.
He acted aggressively and assaulted the two gentlemen with a bite, headbutt and causing cuts to the neck and forehead.
Defending, Paul Jones said that Davis “apologises to everyone involved”.
The court head the defendant has a history of manic depressive symptoms and resorted to alcohol to cope, becoming addicted to it.
Magistrates were also told of a relationship breakdown which, for a period of time, prevented him from seeing his two-year-old daughter.
“He has very little recollection of the events of those days, and he describes it as a very dark period of his life,” Mr Jones said.
“It came as a shock to him and has worked with Turning Point to limit alcohol consumption.”
Statements of the events from those involved also describe his actions as those of a man having a mental breakdown.
The magistrates said his assault of the “two good Samaritans who came to your aid” was “particularly serious”.
Davis was fined £200 for each man assaulted, and ordered to pay £118.99 compensation for the broken window, along with costs of £85 and a £95 surcharge.
Davis, of Greenfields Close, Chippenham, was also given a 12-month community order, with up to ten rehabilitation activity requirement days, and a six-month Alcohol Treatment Requirement.
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