Overview

• Griffiths pleaded guilty to kidnapping, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage at Swansea Crown Court.
• He received a concurrent sentence totalling 31 months with eligibility for release on licence after serving half the term.
• Prosecutors described how Griffiths locked his friend and partner inside a flat, assaulted them using crutches and fists, then destroyed a lamp and television.
• Despite detailed impact statements citing severe mental health effects, one victim declined to support the prosecution.
• Judge Huw Rees characterised the behaviour as irrational and likely fuelled by alcohol or drugs, noting references to Griffiths’s recovery and extensive prior convictions.