'Hardest man' threatened to rip out and eat eyes, court told

A MAN who calls himself "the hardest man in Port Talbot" issued a series of lurid threats to people, including to rip out their eyeballs and eat them, a court has heard.

- JASON EVANS

Clayton Jones

Swansea Crown Court heard the 41-year-old went on to stalk a woman.

Sarah John, prosecuting, told the court that the first set of offending involved Clayton Jones' interactions with staff at the Forge mental health centre in Port Talbot in January this year.

She said that in a series of calls to the centre the defendant demanded money, and when told that was not possible, began issuing threats.

During the calls Jones referred to himself as "the hardest man in Port Talbot" and began threatening to kill a member of staff and then kill himself, saying they had better send armed police officers "or the SAS".

He also issued threats against a female member of staff, saying he was going to get a blade and cut out her eyeballs and slit her jugular vein, saying "it would be worth doing a 12-year stretch for".

Jones then turned up at the Forge and tried to get inside.

He was arrested on January 29 and then released on bail.