A BLAENAU Ffestiniog man has been jailed for 21 months for an attack on his sister and her estranged husband.

Martin Dobb, 33, of Tai’r Gelli, was said to have been high on drink and drugs at the time.

Mold Crown Court heard how he went around to their home to check if everything was alright.

A fire engine was parked outside because of a bonfire in the garden.

But he ended up with his hands around his sister’s throat and she was said to have lost consciousness when she was kicked.

Her husband was struck with a piece of wood, said prosecuting barrister Jade Tufail.

Dobb admitted assaulting his sister Carol Evans and wounding her husband Ian Evans.

In addition to the jail sentence, Judge Rhys Rowlands made a five-year restraining order not to approach them or to say anything about them on social media.

The judge told him that the victims were separated, but he was there at the time helping her out because they were in the process of selling the house.

“You turned up and wanted to know what was going on between them,” he said.

He was aggressive, drunk, and was asked to leave.

Judge Rowlands said that Dobb was “spoiling for a fight” and he pushed his sister to the floor.

She fell heavily and he was above her with his hands around her throat.

He had kicked her and she lost consciousness.

Her husband went to her assistance, but the defendant pushed him, he fell over a wall and he was then hit with a piece of wood.

It was alleged that he had been struck three or four times.

Police were called, he was still acting aggressively when officers arrived, no doubt because of the drink and drugs he had taken, Judge Rowlands said.

He had a number of previous convictions, including violence, in the past.

Miss Tufail said that the sister ended up with injuries to the jaw and chest, her throat was swollen and she had swelling and bruising to her body and limbs.

Her husband had been left with wounds to the head.

In a victim impact statement Mrs Evans said that it was made all the worse by the fact that it was her own brother who had been responsible.

Arrested, he was extremely intoxicated and claimed he had acted in a limited way in self-defence.

Dobb said he had drunk eight bottles of lager.

He had pleaded not guilty, a trial was planned, but he then entered acceptable pleas.

Defending barrister Sarah Yates said that it had been an unpleasant incident caused by a man with an unenviable record.

He saw a fire engine and went to see if everyone was ok.

Dobb was shocked to find his sister’s husband there and an altercation got out of hand.

“He accepts that he acted unlawfully,” she explained.

At the time he had been drinking and taking heroin.

Since his arrest he had spent six months on remand and had spent his time constructively.

He had been on various courses, had done everything he could to get himself “clean” so that he would be able to focus on his partner and his two children on his release.