Convicted killer is jailed for 18 months for threatening neighbours with a meat cleaver because they laughed when he fell off his deckchair
- Neighbours broke into laughter when Karl Drummond fell off his chair
- Drummond defence lawyer said he ‘didn’t see the funny side.’
- He had previously been handed a 10 year sentence for manslaughter in 2010
A convicted killer has been jailed for 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court after threatening neighbours for laughing when he fell off a deckchair.
Karl Drummond, 47, of Abertridwr, near Caerphilly, South Wales, flew into a fit of range after tumbling off his deckchair whilst sunbathing in June, to the amusement of his neighbours.
Drummond did not see the funny side of the incident, pulling out a knife and meat cleaver after hearing the laughter.
Karl Drummond (pictured) did not see the funny side of his deckchair incident, threatening neighbours with a meat cleaver
Prosecutor Nik Strobl said: ‘He began to rant and started to wave a knife around.
‘A few of his neighbours went over to talk to him to calm him down whilst others called the police.’
A court heard when waving around the meat cleaver, Drummond ‘stated that he was going to go crazy.’
Mr Strobl said: ‘He said he would happily burn the entire estate down and ‘we would all die together”.
Drummond was arrested by police and he appeared at Cardiff Crown Court to admit affray.
John Pennington, defending Drummond, said: ‘He’s usually friendly. Alcohol has been an issue.
‘He fell off his deckchair, people laughed but he didn’t see the funny side.’
Jailing Drummond for 18 months, Judge Michael Fitton KC told Drummond: ‘This was an ugly incident.
‘You were drunk and you were making threats with knives in both your hands which would have been terrifying for anybody hearing it.’
‘Your record of previous convictions, which no doubt makes you notorious, would have added to the impact of that.’
Karl Drummond was given a 10 year sentence for manslaughter after attacking a drug runner
Drummond had previously been sentenced to 10 years in prison following the manslaughter of a drug dealer.
The victim Tony Singh, 24, who was the father of a young child, was found dead in November 2010,
A heroin user at the time, Drummond and his associate Shahid Rafiq, also of Caerphilly, had attempted to buy their fix from Singh, who was a runner for a drug dealer.
The pair were sold meat stuffing Paxo, in the place of the heroin they attempted to buy.
On discovery of this, the pair set out to attack Singh, who was struck multiple times with a metal bar.
The case took two trials to reach a verdict, with the pair serving almost 600 days in jail before sentencing was passed – a factor that meant this time was counted into Drummond’s sentence.
In total he served five of his 10 year sentence in prison before serving the remainder of the sentence on license.
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