Thug who threatened to throw acid at woman and ‘blow her up’ is jailed

A thug who threatened to throw acid at a woman and ‘blow her up’ during his campaign of terror has been jailed.

Nathan Brown, 35, from Caerphilly in Wales, hurled vile abuse at his victim and assaulted her by grabbing and squeezing her breast.

Prosecutor Bethan Evans said: ‘She screamed out in pain as he did so after pinning her up against her front door – she was left with bruising.’

He told the woman, who has now been left with PTSD, that he had access to ‘caustic chemicals’ where he worked and said he could ‘throw it’ in her face.

‘This was a threat to use acid,’ Miss Evans told Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court during his sentencing.

Brown also vowed to ‘blow her up’ during one rant and called her a ‘fat c**t, a rat and s**g’.

When the terrified woman reported him to the police, he told her she was a ‘grass’. 

Ms Evans told Brown she considered classifying him as a ‘dangerous offender’ and ordering psychiatric reports due to the nature of his actions.

She said: ‘Your behaviour was cruel and appalling. What you did was to maximise her fear and distress.

‘She has been diagnosed with PTSD as a result of what you have done.

‘You made a significant threat to disfigure her.’

In a victim impact statement, the woman said Brown had set out to ‘demean’ her, adding: ‘His behaviour was completely unpredictable.’

Brown, who has previous convictions for harassment and a public order offence, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and harassment and also admitted to being in possession of ‘poor quality’ cocaine.

His barrister, Byron Broadstock, asked the court to give his client credit for pleading guilt.

Mr Broadstock said the defendant was ‘addressing his behaviour’ whilst being held in custody following his arrest.

Brown was jailed for 34 months and told he would serve half of his sentence in custody before being released on licence.

The judge also imposed a 10-year restraining order banning him from contacting his victim.

He will also have to pay a statutory victim surcharge when he is released from jail.