TRAUMATISED VICTIM'S SCREAMS ALERTED OTHER GUESTS AND NIGHT PORTER, COURT TOLD

A MAN twice strangled a woman in a hotel room after a night out.

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter [e-mail]

Shaun Billinghurst and the woman had been in a relationship and gone for a night out in Llandudno.

When they got back to their hotel room Billinghurst fell asleep but when he woke up he started strangling the woman, Caernarfon Crown Court heard.

He pushed her in a chair and strangled her again, and also damaged a wardrobe in the incident.

Her screams and bangs from the disturbance alerted other guests and the night porter.

He entered the room and the police were called. The 37-year-old defendant, of Gallt y Sil estate, Caernarfon, admitted intentional strangulation and other offences.

Yesterday a judge said they were one-off crimes and gave Billinghurst a suspended sentence.

An earlier hearing was told the offences happened at the Chatsworth Hotel in Llandudno on November 2, 2024.

Prosecutor Elen Owen said the defendant and victim met on a dating app in 2024.