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| Holyhead landlord David Jones: Peter Garrod gets life term | Holyhead landlord David Jones: Peter Garrod gets life term |
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| A man who said it was his destiny to kill a demon has been jailed for life for beating a pub landlord to death. | A man who said it was his destiny to kill a demon has been jailed for life for beating a pub landlord to death. |
| Peter Garrod, 25, of Trearddur Bay, admitted the manslaughter of David Jones, 46, in Holyhead, Anglesey, on the basis of diminished responsibility. | Peter Garrod, 25, of Trearddur Bay, admitted the manslaughter of David Jones, 46, in Holyhead, Anglesey, on the basis of diminished responsibility. |
| Mold Crown Court in Flintshire heard he punched Mr Jones several times before repeatedly hitting him over the head with a concrete slab in December 2014. | |
| Garrod will serve at least eight years, but will remain in Ashworth Hospital. | Garrod will serve at least eight years, but will remain in Ashworth Hospital. |
| The judge made an order which allows him to give Garrod life imprisonment, but with a direction under the Mental Health Act that he should continue to be treated in the high-security psychiatric hospital in Liverpool. | The judge made an order which allows him to give Garrod life imprisonment, but with a direction under the Mental Health Act that he should continue to be treated in the high-security psychiatric hospital in Liverpool. |
| Father-of-four Mr Jones died in the yard of his pub, The Blossoms. | Father-of-four Mr Jones died in the yard of his pub, The Blossoms. |
| Mr Justice Wyn Williams was told by the prosecution that Garrod was grinning as he carried out the attack and climbed on top of a neighbouring pub after killing Mr Jones. | Mr Justice Wyn Williams was told by the prosecution that Garrod was grinning as he carried out the attack and climbed on top of a neighbouring pub after killing Mr Jones. |
| When arrested, he told officers it was his destiny to kill a demon and said: "I didn't do the right thing, did I?" | When arrested, he told officers it was his destiny to kill a demon and said: "I didn't do the right thing, did I?" |
| The judge said: "You effectively bludgeoned him to death." | The judge said: "You effectively bludgeoned him to death." |
| Garrod, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, said he had been getting abuse and instructions from car registration plates. | Garrod, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, said he had been getting abuse and instructions from car registration plates. |
| On the day he killed Mr Jones, he followed a car on the A55 which had the number plate containing the letters KPK, which he took as a message saying "kill Peter, kill". | On the day he killed Mr Jones, he followed a car on the A55 which had the number plate containing the letters KPK, which he took as a message saying "kill Peter, kill". |
| Garrod went to The Blossoms as he was due to meet friends and saw Mr Jones in the yard, where he attacked him. | Garrod went to The Blossoms as he was due to meet friends and saw Mr Jones in the yard, where he attacked him. |
| Mr Jones's widow Amanda read a victim impact statement in which she described him as the perfect husband and father, adding that she had "never felt such pain". | Mr Jones's widow Amanda read a victim impact statement in which she described him as the perfect husband and father, adding that she had "never felt such pain". |
| Speaking outside the court, Mrs Jones's brother Justin McGrady read a statement on behalf of the family. | Speaking outside the court, Mrs Jones's brother Justin McGrady read a statement on behalf of the family. |
| He said: "No sentence would ever be justice for us. We have been unable to grief properly with this constantly hanging over us. | He said: "No sentence would ever be justice for us. We have been unable to grief properly with this constantly hanging over us. |
| "He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend to many. No words can ever explain how amazing he was." | "He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend to many. No words can ever explain how amazing he was." |