Hunt to track down thugs from 2002

MORE than two decades after Leon Adams was brutally attacked on the streets of Cardiff in an episode which went on to end his life years later, an appeal has been renewed to find whoever was responsible.

- HOLLY MORGAN

Mr Adams was 24 when he walked away from The Cottage pub, on St Mary Street, late on the evening of February 13, 2002. He had just finished a shift and was carrying more than £130 in cash when he left the pub.

At 5.16 the following morning, police were called to Grangetown station after receiving a report of a man lying on the ground covered in blood.

The injured man was Mr Adams, who was unconscious. His £130 cash was never found and police believed the motive behind the attack was robbery.

Mr Adams was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff with severe head injuries.

A CT scan showed brain swelling and a bleed on the left side of his brain. He also developed pneumonia and was in a coma for two years.

When he woke, he was quadriplegic and struggled to communicate. He moved to Yr Ysgol care home in Ystradgynlais and died aged 47 on Boxing Day 2024.