A man "rampaged" around his sister's house holding a hammer handle in a family dispute. Michael Griffiths, 21, was looking for her partner who was out.
But he still injured his sister's hand as she tried to take the weapon off him, and a laptop and a door were damaged. His co-accused Jordan Dykins, 25, stayed outside the house with a baseball bat, Mold Crown Court heard.
Both men admitted causing an affray at the property in Bagillt that Saturday afternoon on August 8. A judge jailed Griffiths for 12 months but gave Dykins a suspended sentence.
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Prosecutor Michael Whitty told how there had been a wedding on August 4 but there had been a falling out among the family. It involved Michael Griffiths' sister Sophie Griffiths' partner Liam Bolger.
It spilled over into the following day - August 5 - when Michael Griffiths went looking for Mr Bolger. At 1.15pm that day he turned up with Dykins and a third man - who was wearing a Balaclava - at Michael Griffiths' sister Sophie's house in Bagillt.
The prosecutor said Michael Griffiths, who was holding a pole or handle, later believed to have been a hammer handle, used his bodyweight to prevent his sister from closing the front door on him.
Griffiths then "marauded" around the house looking for her partner Mr Bolger, who was out and at hospital. Sophie heard her laptop in the kitchen being damaged, which cost £300 to £400 to be repaired.
Griffiths threatened to "come back every day to find Liam (Bolger)" and added: "I will wrap this around his head if I have to". Sophie tried to get the handle off Griffiths, injuring her hand, and he smashed two door panels.
The three men left but police were called. Officers arrested Griffiths and Dykins in Meadowbank in Holywell. Griffiths indicated it was a family dispute and insisted Dykins was not involved.
John Wyn Williams, for Griffiths, said: "I suppose through luck rather than judgement no-one was seriously injured." He said the "sad" thing is there has been a split in the family now.
Simon Rogers, representing Dykins, said his client who has learning difficulties and ADHD, hadn’t entered the property. There is a prospect of rehabilitation, he added.
The judge His Honour Rhys Rowlands said a family dispute had "plainly riled" Griffiths. He had "marauded" around the property but suggested a better word was "rampaged."
He added: "It was a shocking way for a still young man to behave." He jailed Griffiths, of Meadowbank, Holway, Holywell, but gave Dykins a six-month jail term, suspended for 18 months.
Dykins, also of Meadowbank, Holway, Holywell, must wear a tag during a three-month curfew from 8pm until 8am and do 20 days of rehabilitation activity. Both defendants were made the subject of a restraining order for five years.
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