Man laid bricks across a busy A road so cars crashed into them | Wales Online

Man laid bricks across a busy A road so cars crashed into themThree crash smashed into the bricks placed on the dark section of roadNewsSteve Bagnall Breaking News editor11:54, 02 Jun

2025The A483 between Pool Quay and Arddlin(Image: Google Maps) A man laid bricks across a dark stretch of a busy A road on New Year's Eve. Three cars were damaged when they hit the bricks

left by Lee Wright on the A483.

The then homeless 38-year-old man was at the roadside when police arrived on the scene to help the drivers of the damaged cars. He admitted to police what he had done and later pleaded

guilty to three charges of damaging cars and another of causing danger to road users.

‌ Caernarfon Crown Court heard that the incident happened on a stretch of the road between Arddlin and Pool Quay in Powys.

‌ Prosecuting Dafydd Roberts said that it happened at around 7.25pm on December 31, 2024. Wright placed the bricks on a section of the road that was a single carriageway with a 60mph speed

limit and had no street lighting. It was also damp that day.

"Three cars travelleing along the road collided with the bricks, causing tyres to burst", he said. "The drivers could not avoid the bricks in the road, not being able to see them, with it

being dark."

North Wales Live reported that distressed motorists at the scene were captured on police body camera footage which was played to the court. The cameras also captured Wright approaching to

officers. He told them that the cars "weren't acting very normal" and were "invisible".

Article continues below Wright has five previous convictions for eight offences, including theft and criminal damage. He was on a community order for an earlier offence at the time the A483

offences were carried out.

Amy Edwards, defending, said Wright has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She said he has no memory of the offence but has since been receiving medication and is doing a lot better. She

told the court that he had entered early guilty pleas and was suffering with mental health problems.

Judge Timothy Petts sentenced Wright to one year eight months, with up to half served in prison and the rest on licence. Judge Petts said: "What you did was very, very dangerous. Three cars

hit those bricks and they had no opportunity to avoid them. The consequences from them and other traffic could have been very much more serious and the drivers were very scared."

Article continues below Judge Petts said there was clearly a psychiatric aspect to what happened, but given the seriousness of the offences, only a custodial sentence was appropriate.

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