Builth Wells man admits assaulting another man in the town

Jonathan Burchell, of Builth Wells, admitted assaulting Neil Rumsey when he appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday <i>(Image: Google Street View)</i>
Jonathan Burchell, of Builth Wells, admitted assaulting Neil Rumsey when he appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday (Image: Google Street View)
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A Builth Wells man will be sentenced this week after he admitted assaulting a man.

Jonathan Burchell appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court on Friday, August 1, where he changed his plea.

The 52-year-old told the court he pleaded guilty to assaulting Neil Rumsey, causing actual bodily harm at a property in the Parc Y Castell area of the town on February 12, this year.

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would accept this. 

A second charge of strangling Mr Rumsey would lie on file until sentencing.

Burchell, of Tan Y Castell, Builth, appeared at the court via video link from HMP Swansea.

Judge Vanessa Francis told him he would be remanded in custody until his sentencing date at the court on Thursday (August 7).

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