Overview
- Mold Crown Court imposed a 25-year custodial term plus a five-year extended licence, with eligibility for parole after serving two thirds of the prison term.
- The offences stem from a July 3, 2025 attack at a Meredith Crescent flat in Rhyl targeting the offender’s 82-year-old grandmother, Carol Macmillan, and downstairs neighbor, Katherine Hughes‑King.
- Hughes‑King sustained more than 20 puncture wounds, a punctured lung and rib fractures requiring a chest drain, while Carol Macmillan received multiple wounds requiring stitches.
- Officers forced entry and used a Taser to stop the assault as two air ambulances and multiple ambulance crews responded, with one victim flown to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
- In court, an unproven claim about missing gambling winnings was cited alongside evidence of recent cocaine use and long‑term cannabis use, and the defendant had earlier changed his plea to guilty.