THE mother of a Gwent teenager who terrorised a Valleys estate knifed him in a rage, in what the youth's father described as "like a scene from Psycho."

Paul Richards, 15, was last week made subject to Caerphilly county borough's first anti-social behaviour order after bringing terror to his neighbours in George Street, Cwmcarn.

Yesterday, at Newport crown court, his mother, Beverley Price, 44, of Woodland Terrace, Abercarn, pleaded guilty to wounding her son and assaulting his father and her ex-husband, also called Paul, on June 24 this year.

Judge Philip Richards released Price on bail and said she would be sentenced for the attack in two weeks time.

He also banned Price from all pubs and licensed premises and ordered her not to enter George Street in Cwmcarn.

Dad Paul Richards, who divorced Price 11 years ago, told the Argus after the court case: "Paul had seen her earlier in the street but I told him just to ignore her.

"Later on there was a knock on the door and he got up to answer it. I told him not to, but she just came through with this knife. It was like a scene from Psycho - she was swinging her arm through the door.

"The knife was about six inches long and had a serrated edge. It cut him on the arm and tore his football shirt.

"I pulled him away and the knife tore his football shirt on the neck. I dread to think what might have happened if it had been any closer.

"Paul is still very upset about it, and I think it has a lot to do with the problems he has been having."

Mr Richards said he was considering an appeal against the ASBO order imposed by Blackwood magistrates last week.

During that case, the court heard testimonies from neighbours about the teenagers' anti-social behaviour, including one woman who said she was unable to sleep because of her fear of the teenager.

But Mr Richards defended his son.

He said: "A number of people have come forward since the order was made and we are hoping to appeal. I know he is no angel, but he is not that bad either."