{"id":41281,"date":"2020-02-25T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=41281"},"modified":"2020-02-25T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:28:08","slug":"man-jailed-following-triple-offence-at-ymca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/02\/25\/man-jailed-following-triple-offence-at-ymca\/","title":{"rendered":"Man jailed following triple offence at YMCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The incidents included an assault and smashing a microwave &nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/FEATURE-COURT-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>YMCA building on East Grove, off Newport Road <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>A MAN has been jailed today for four months after an assault at YMCA in Roath earlier this month. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Nathan Cain, 25, was involved in an altercation with a fellow resident at the charity\u2019s accommodation facilities, hitting him on the ear and then the forehead. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cain followed this by throwing a microwave, worth \u00a350, causing the exterior to be dented and dish inside to smash. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Police were called to the scene with Cain insulting them, saying: \u201cI will f*** you up\u201d and \u201cI will do you all\u201d. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>After it was clear that the 25-year-old would not calm down, officers tasered him. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cain pleaded guilty to assault, destruction of the microwave and insulting behaviour towards a police officer. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cardiff Magistrates\u2019 Court heard that Cain wished to receive a custodial sentence after admitting to his probation officer that he was back on the \u201cslippery slope with drugs\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It was noted by the officer that he did not feel capable of a drug rehabilitation requirement and that if he was not awarded a custodial sentence there was an \u201cextremely high risk of reoffending\u201d. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Chair of the magistrates Paul Martin said: \u201cThese are serious offences. We were hoping, based on your reports from your offending manager, that we would avoid a custodial sentence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Martin said it wasn\u2019t normal for these offences to result in the offender receiving a prison sentence, but they took Cain\u2019s wishes into consideration with the verdict. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Cain\u2019s initial six-month sentence was reduced to four due to his guilty pleas. He was ordered to pay \u00a350 to the YMCA in compensation for the microwave. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incidents included an assault and smashing a microwave &nbsp; A MAN has been jailed today for four months after an assault at YMCA in Roath earlier this month. \u00a0 Nathan Cain, 25, was involved in an altercation with a fellow resident at the charity\u2019s accommodation facilities, hitting him on the ear and then the forehead. &nbsp; Cain followed this by throwing a microwave, worth \u00a350, causing the exterior to be dented and dish inside to smash. \u00a0 Police were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":41283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[874,875,876,213,107,877,83],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-41281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-assault","tag-cardiff-magistrates-court","tag-microwave","tag-roath","tag-south-wales-police","tag-taser","tag-ymca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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