An Ellon man has been jailed for a further six months after admitting to a second brutal attack on his neighbour in the man’s own home.
Simon Obuzor, known as Williams, was previously locked up for eight months in December last year, following a more recent assault on the same man.
And now the 34-year-old repeat offender has reappeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and pled guilty to an earlier terrifying onslaught on the same victim.
Williams repeatedly punched his neighbour’s face and barged into the man’s home on Park Crescent, Ellon, to continue the attack inside his property.
After the incident on November 29 2020 – involving an “ongoing argument” concerning a female, police traced the attacker who had bloodied hands and injured knuckles.
‘Forced his way into property’
Fiscal depute Lydia Ross said the victim first heard a sound at his door around 7.50pm on the day of the crime.
“He went to answer the door and the accused was outside and immediately began punching the complainer multiple times to the face using both fists in a clenched position.
“The complainer started to shut his door to stop the assault, however, the accused was able to force his way into the property and continue to punch him.”
Williams’ victim eventually managed to close a hallway door to prevent his attacker from getting any further into his home, but Williams continued to kick and punch the door relentlessly.
As he held the door closed, the victim managed to call the police.
“Officers attended there and observed the injuries to the complainer’s face and damage to the door,” the fiscal added. “Police thereafter attended at the accused’s home address where he answered the door and identified himself.
‘Ongoing argument involving female’
“He was observed to have blood on his hands and injuries to both his knuckles. He immediately tried to close the door on officers but was restrained.”
While he was being detained Williams then tried, unsuccessfully, to headbutt one officer.
Defence agent Caitlin Pirie said that her client and his victim had a “long history as neighbours” and that Williams went to the man’s property concerning an “ongoing argument between them, involving another female”.
Williams, appearing from custody at HMP Grampian in Peterhead, admitted charges of assault to injury and police assault.
He also admitted a further charge of breaching a court order against the same man at a later date when he made a rude hand gesture and shouted “f*** you” to him near Victoria Park in Aberdeen on May 15 last year.
He also pled guilty to a charge of culpably and recklessly kicking and breaking a fence at Raeburn Place, Ellon, on March 31 2021.
It caused £100 worth of damage and was an act of “retaliation” against a former friend set against a background of substance misuse, his solicitor explained.
Already serving time in jail for attacking same man
When Williams was jailed for eight months last December for a different attack on the same neighbour in November 2022, the court heard that he had broken a court order by entering the man’s home and assaulting him.
Sheriff William Summers, who jailed Williams on that occasion, this time told him: “I am dealing with breaches of orders imposed in relation to three separate complaints”.
He could find no alternative, given Williams’ current status, but to jail him for a total of six months, which will begin at the end of his current prison sentence.
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