A man, branded dangerous by a crown court judge, has been jailed for six years after he was convicted of racially aggravated wounding with intent on a doorman with a glass.

Defendant Philip Kenny, 42, of Charlton Street in Llandudno, denied the charge but was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court.

Jailing him, Judge Niclas Parry told him: "You are clearly a violent and aggressive man and a danger to the public, including males and females."

The judge said that the defendant was in the dock because he had been asked to do something he did not want to do - and his response was violent and irrational.

He had used "vile racial abuse" and made threats of serious violence.

It had been a cowardly attack which Judge Parry said the court has seen "as clear as day" on CCTV footage.

He had struck a doorman, a public servant, in the face with a glass.

But he sought to deflect blame by making quite outrageous allegations against his victim and against the police.

Mercifully, the attack had been short lived and the injuries were not as serious as they could have been.

Judge Parry said that he also took into account that the defendant himself suffered serious injuries "by way of summary justice" of the floor of Fountain's Bar.

He said that the sentence would have been one of five years but an additional 12 months had been imposed to reflect the racial element of the offence.

The court heard how the defendant had a number of previous convictions for violence, including racially aggravated offences, and had been jailed for robbery in 2004.

In 2007 he had received an indeterminate sentence for GBH upon his then girlfriend which meant that he was effectively "

Judge Parry said that he also took into account that the defendant himself suffered serious injuries "by way of summary justice" of the floor of Fountains Bar.

He said that the sentence would have been one of five years but an additional 12 months had been imposed to reflect the racial element of the offence.

The court heard how the defendant had a number of previous convictions for violence, including racially aggravated offences, and had been jailed for robbery in 2004.

In 2007 he had received an indeterminate sentence for GBH upon his then girlfriend which meant that he was effectively "on life licence" and had been recalled.

Prosecuting barrister Elen Owen told how the victim was Sarjo Manneh, a British citizen who was black African by descent, who had worked as a licensed doorman for about 13 years.

On April 14 last year 2018, he was working at Fountain’s Bar in Llandudno and the defendant was there with a friend of his and the friend’s wife having been out drinking since mid afternoon.

At some point Mr Manneh became aware of an argument between the couple inside the pub. Mr Manneh then went outside to man the entrance door. He then saw the defendant’s friend come outside with what appeared to be his wife’s handbag which he placed on a table. The defendant came out and both men were drinking from glasses which they brought outside with them.

The female then came out, picked up the bag and walked away shouting and swearing at her husband.

"This appeared to make her husband, the defendant’s friend, angry and he appeared to want to follow her. Mr Manneh told him he could not leave with the glass. The man then told Mr Manneh he couldn’t tell him what to do and this was interspersed with unpleasant racial abuse.

When the doorman said he wasn’t interested the defendant’s response was another torrent of racial abuse including reference to him being a cannibal.

"Unsurprisingly this upset Mr Manneh. At the time Mr Manneh was holding a cup with a hot drink which he decided at that point to put down. As he had his face turned away from the defendant he felt what he describes as a spark on the left side of his face causing his vision to go blurry. The defendant had used his glass to hit Mr Manneh. The defendant was then restrained by another doorman," Miss Owen told the court.

The Defendant was himself quite badly injured during what followed and later made a complaint that he had been unlawfully assaulted. That was investigated but no charges were brought.

Mr Manneh returned to the bar and saw that he had cuts to his left cheek and his left ear. He attended Llandudno Hospital that night and was treated with steri strips and the wounds were cleaned. The wound were described by a nurse as superficial

Police officers attended as a result of council CCTV operators informing them of an ongoing disturbance outside the Fountains Bar.

Shortly afterwards the defendant and his friend were seen walking further down Madoc Street. He was arrested and then taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. Once there he was noted by officers to be extremely abusive to hospital staff and police alike and at one stage was described as “shaking with rage”.

He refused treatment saying that if anyone tried to treat him he would spit in their face.

During interview he denied racially abusing the complainant. He said he had thrown the contents of his glass at him but denied hitting him with the glass and could not account for his injuries. He stated his recollection was affected by the head injury he sustained after the incident when he claimed he was assaulted by the complainant.

Defending barrister Martine Snowdon said that her client denied inflicting the injury of the racial abuse.

Following the conviction she said that he had been recalled to prison because of the earlier indeterminate sentence and had served the equivalent of a 20 month sentence which would not count against the sentence now to be imposed.