Sentence increased for Wrexham machete murderer

A man who murdered a disabled man using a hammer and a machete has had his prison sentence increased.

Jordan Davidson was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 23 years, at Mold Crown Court for the murder of 67-year-old Nicholas Churton and a string of 13 other offences including robbery.

But the Appeal Court ruled it was "far too low" and increased it to 30 years after after the Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC argued the crown court judge did not take enough account of his other offences.

In the days before and after the murder Davidson committed a number of other serious offences after being evicted from a hostel, including an attack on a man in a park, leaving him with a fractured skull.

He also attacked a police officer with a hammer during his arrest, punched a detective when he was being interviewed and slashed a prison officer's neck with a makeshift weapon.

The judges agreed and increased his sentence.

Davidson appeared in court over a video-link from prison, flanked by security guards, and thanked the judges after hearing his sentence had been increased.

He will only be released once the Parole Board is satisfied he no longer poses a risk to the public.