Gavin Davies, 38, barged into a shop in Merthyr Tydfil without his top on and began smashing up the store before attacking a shopper who said he behaved like a 'monster'

A TikTok prankster bit and punched a shopper after smashing up a store, behaving "like a wild animal".

Gavin Davies, 38, was described as a "monster" by the man he attacked in a corner shop in Merthyr Tydfil on August 14, having run inside without his top on. He had become drunk following his release from prison earlier that day and having got engaged, a court heard.

The defendant, who has more than 31,000 TikTok followers under the name of Ruthless Roofers, regularly posts on social media. A number of his posts showed him pretending to collapse in restaurants, diving in canals, and playing pool with a crutch.

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