A man who hurled abuse at police involved in a three hour rooftop stand-off has been jailed.
David Anthony Lewis became abusive and climbed onto the roof of an outbuilding when police officers went to his home in Tre Rhosyr, Newborough on Anglesey on December 6 last year to execute an arrest warrant.
He admitted charges of breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order and threatening behaviour and appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court for sentence.
Prosecutor Karl Scholz said Lewis, 31, stood on the roof shouting and swearing at officers and much of the incident was streamed live on Facebook.
Lewis is seen swearing at officers they attempted to speak to him.
Mr Scholz said: "He ignored neighbours who told him to calm down and come off the roof. An inspector attended and trained negotiators spoke with him."
When Lewis appeared in court on December 13 to face charges related to the incident he became abusive towards police officers present in the waiting area.
He approached the officers shouting at them. He took out his mobile phone and pointed it at them and took their photographs and began recording a video.
Lewis later posted the images and video online.
“Security staff warned him to stop taking photographs and making a video but he continued.
"He was abusive to staff," Mr Scholz added.
Lewis also shouted denials from the dock but was told to be quiet by the judge.
During another court hearing on February 8 Lewis was again seen pointing his phone towards police officers and using the recording option.
Lewis admitted two charges of taking photographs or filming persons at court when he appeared before magistrates last month.
Mr Scholz said Lewis had previous offences of breaching court orders recorded against him.
His barrister Dafydd Roberts accepted Lewis had a "volatile temperament".
"He goes from shouting and swearing to sobbing uncontrollably in the space of a few minutes," Mr Roberts said.
Conceding the offences crossed the custody threshold, Mr Roberts asked for the jail sentence be suspended.
But Judge Timothy Petts said he could not agree to the request.
He said Lewis had behaved in an "appalling manner" shouting abuse at police officers and the behaviour had continued in the court building on two separate occasions.
"You pose a risk to the public and the appropriate punishment can only be met by immediate custody," he said.
Lewis was jailed for a total of 28 months. The judge also extended the Criminal Behaviour Order, due to end next year, by three years until 2023.
After the hearing Anglesey District Inspector Llinos Davies said: “This should have been a simple arrest and transportation straight to court had Lewis have been reasonable.
“This was appalling behaviour which occurred in a residential area which is a mix of elderly residents in bungalows, family homes and a primary school nearby. Lewis’ actions that day even caused neighbours to come out onto the street to see what the disturbance was.
“He will now spend the foreseeable future sat in a prison cell and I hope that subsequently during that time, he will be able to reflect on his blatant disregard for authority and look to change his ways.”
