North Wales man sentenced for ‘brutal’ killing of father After Dispute Over Pigs

A MAN from North Wales guilty of the manslaughter of his father has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Tony Thomas, 46, of Penrhyn Isaf, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd had been accused of killing Dafydd Thomas, 65, on a track near his home on March 25, 2021.

He had pleaded not guilty to both murder and manslaughter, but at Mold Crown Court on January 26, the jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict regarding the latter.

At Caernarfon Crown Court today (February 24), Thomas was handed a hospital order, as well as a restriction order.