Two males have been jailed for a "deliberate and chilling assault" on a girl in her Hamilton dwelling.
The terrified sufferer barricaded herself in a room as her former accomplice Christopher Boyle, David Mathewson and one other individual brandished weapons and compelled their manner into the property.
Mathewson, 27, a prisoner, was jailed for greater than three years at Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom this week.
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Boyle, 26, of Lamlash Place, Motherwell, was given an 18-month jail sentence.
They admitted assaulting the girl at her dwelling on January 8, 2020.
Armed with a knife and a metallic pole, the boys smashed a glass door to drive entry, making threats earlier than robbing her of her automobile and a cell phone.
An allegation that the intruders threatened to throw acid on their frightened sufferer was deleted from the cost.
Mathewson additionally admitted driving the stolen automobile dangerously on varied roads in Bellshill as he tried to flee from police.
He additional admitted appearing in a threatening or abusive method at Wishaw Normal Hospital and spitting at and attempting to kick a police officer.
Mathewson pleaded responsible to a different automobile theft cost - taking a automobile from McTaggart Crescent, Motherwell, in Might 2019.
Defence agent Diarmid Bruce mentioned Mathewson, who's from Bellshill, had been "devastated" by the dying of his mom just a few years in the past.
The solicitor added: "His grandfather additionally handed away. Every part appeared to disintegrate.
"In fact, this could't clarify his appalling behaviour in direction of this girl. Medicine performed an element and he's sorry for what he did."
Mark Lutton, defending Boyle, acknowledged the assault on his former accomplice was a "very severe" matter.
Final 12 months Boyle was given a neighborhood payback order for threatening a Newarthill shopkeeper with a stick throughout a failed theft try.
Mr Lutton mentioned: "The CPO goes properly. There have been constructive modifications in his life."
Boyle claimed that previous to the incident at his ex-partner's dwelling she had been verbally abusive in direction of him and relations.
Passing sentence, Sheriff Linda Nicolson mentioned the sufferer had suffered a "horrendous" ordeal, including: "This was a deliberate and chilling assault on a girl who barricaded herself in a room once you went armed to her dwelling."
The sheriff mentioned Mathewson has a major document for crimes of violence and burglary.
He was jailed for 170 weeks and banned from driving for 5 years.
Sheriff Nicolson rejected a plea to offer Boyle one other neighborhood order.
She informed him: "This was not an impulsive act. I see no various to custody."
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