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A man who sneaked out of his uncle’s funeral to steal from his grieving grandmother has been jailed.

Gwynfor Huw Jones, 24, took advantage of 86-year-old Mair Jones’ grief and stole £600, which had been given to her as condolence money.

She had planned to use it to pay for the funerals of two of her sons.

The woman, who lives at Trefenai, Brynsiencyn, lost her son Glyn Jones in a tragic farming accident on January 20.

Another of her sons, Raymond Jones, came to support his distraught mother but fell down the stairs on January 25 and died two days later.

Today, Caernarfon Crown Court heard the family gathered for Glyn Jones’ funeral at Eglwys Llanidan on January 30.

Gwynfor Jones, of Bro Silyn, Talysarn, left the funeral, walked to his grandmother’s house and stole £600 she had been saving for her son’s funeral.

Paulinus Barnes, prosecuting, said Gwynfor was seen leaving the funeral and then his grandmother’s house by one of her other sons, who left early to light a fire in the house.

The cash was found to be missing.

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After initially denying the theft, Gwynfor walked into Caernarfon Police Station on February 2 and said: “I’ve come in to man up.

“I’ve come to tell them I did it. I went into my nain’s house. I want to do a deal.”

In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mair Jones said her grandson had “completely and deliberately betrayed my trust” and that she had given him £110 before Christmas.

She said: “He knew everyone would be at the funeral and took the opportunity to sneak away and steal from me when I was at my lowest.

“Since the incident, I have felt very nervous and anxious.

“I have felt disheartened after the death of my two sons unexpectedly in tragic accidents, and Gwynfor burgling my house has made me more depressed.

“I expected Gwynfor to support me during this troubled time.

“I have always been kind to Gwynfor and helped him in every way I can. This is how he’s repaid me.

“If he could this to his 86-year-old grandmother, I dread to think what he is capable of doing to other members of the public.

“I no longer feel safe in my own home.

“Gwynfor is no longer welcome at my home. I cannot forgive him for this betrayal.”

Sion ap Mihangel, defending, said Gwynfor Jones was still a young man who struggled with heroin addiction.

Judge Niclas Parry sentenced Jones to two years and four months behind bars.

He said: “It is difficult to conceive of a man stooping any lower.

“The facts of this case frankly defy belief.

“Your 86-year-old grandmother had been beset by the most unimaginable tragedy, having lost two of her sons within a matter of weeks.

“On the day she was burying her son with her close family, you took the opportunity to leave the funeral, knowing no one would be at her house.

“You entered as a trespasser and stole from her.

“Your grandmother had fed you and raised you and repeatedly given you money, so much so you knew exactly where she kept it.

“You breached her love and trust in the most appalling way.”