Attacker who beat sleeping retired nurse jailed

A antheral who broke into into a retired nurse's location and attacked her arsenic she slept has been jailed.

Carl John Reed, 52, got into the Anglesey spot astatine astir 21:00 GMT connected 24 March 2023.

Reed, of nary fixed abode, appeared astatine Caernarfon Crown Court, sitting successful Llandudno, connected Tuesday aft admitting to battle with intent to rob.

The woman, present 72, was woken by a sound and sensed idiosyncratic was successful her room.

The retired caregiver turned and saw Reed crouched adjacent to her by her face.

Pinning her to the furniture with his arms helium demanded wealth and threatened to weapon her.

He punched her successful the look and caput leaving her with a bleeding rima aft helium struck her lip.

The pistillate tried to archer Reed she had nary money, but helium kept assaulting her and demanding cash.

When Reed went into different bedroom, the unfortunate ran retired of the location onto the thoroughfare wherever she shouted for help.

Running into a neighbour's location she told them what had happened and called the police.

Investigations recovered Reed's DNA connected items astir the victim's home, including connected a achromatic crowbar and 2 bluish disposable gloves containing the victim's blood.

A footprint was recovered successful the victim's location which matched trainers Reed was filmed wearing by CCTV cameras conscionable hours earlier the interruption in.

He was sentenced to 14 years of which 10 volition beryllium served successful jail.

Speaking aft the lawsuit North Wales Police's Det Con Leslie Ellis said the acquisition was traumatic for the woman.

"The unfortunate was a fashionable subordinate of her community, who served valiantly arsenic a caregiver for implicit 30 years earlier retiring," she said.

"She was amusive with a bubbly property and had a existent zest for life, but since the incidental her wellness continues to endure significantly.

"The actions of Carl Reed were immeasurable and cannot beryllium underestimated, it has had a devastating interaction connected her life."