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A DAD who attacked two thieves raiding his business was put on trial yesterday.
NJURIES: Woodhouse broke the legs and arm of one of the thieves
Andrew Woodhouse, 44, could face years in jail if found guilty of assault while the raiders were fined just £75 each.
Woodhouse who runs a gardening business, chased the thieves across a field after seeing them stealing cans of diesel from his crime-plagued premises.
He caught Kevin Green, 53, grabbed a fence post the raider was brandishing and battered him with it, breaking both legs and an arm, a jury heard.
The dad-of-five then rugby-tackled Timothy Cross, 32, and held him until police came. When they asked Green what had happened, he said: “I was nicking diesel and some bloke has beaten me up with a stick and broken my legs and my arm. I need an ambulance.”
Woodhouse, of Abergavenny, Gwent, later told police: “I swung out between six and 10 times. I was just lashing out, man, I was hitting as hard as I could.”
James Wilson, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court: “It was not reasonable self-defence. Mr Woodhouse went over the top.”
Woodhouse denies grievous bodily harm and GBH with intent.
The trial continues.
NJURIES: Woodhouse broke the legs and arm of one of the thievesAndrew Woodhouse, 44, could face years in jail if found guilty of assault while the raiders were fined just £75 each.
Woodhouse who runs a gardening business, chased the thieves across a field after seeing them stealing cans of diesel from his crime-plagued premises.
He caught Kevin Green, 53, grabbed a fence post the raider was brandishing and battered him with it, breaking both legs and an arm, a jury heard.
The dad-of-five then rugby-tackled Timothy Cross, 32, and held him until police came. When they asked Green what had happened, he said: “I was nicking diesel and some bloke has beaten me up with a stick and broken my legs and my arm. I need an ambulance.”
Woodhouse, of Abergavenny, Gwent, later told police: “I swung out between six and 10 times. I was just lashing out, man, I was hitting as hard as I could.”
James Wilson, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court: “It was not reasonable self-defence. Mr Woodhouse went over the top.”
Woodhouse denies grievous bodily harm and GBH with intent.
The trial continues.
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