An abusive boyfriend held an eight-inch knife to his terrified girlfriend's throat whereas they had been on vacation at a caravan web site and instructed her: 'You are going to die tonight'. The sufferer tried to flee Stuart Jones's clutches however he dragged her again into the caravan whereas she was in tears, Wales On-line reviews.
The drunken 44-year-old was staying at Trecco Bay caravan park in Porthcawl along with his associate on November 11 when he viciously attacked her. Jones had been indulging in alcohol all through the day and left a pub abruptly earlier than he went again to the caravan and carried out the assault.
His ex associate had obtained regarding texts from Jones and went again to their lodging the place she found him within the bed room. Cardiff Crown Courtroom heard on Friday that the defendant then got here into the lounge and repeatedly punched the sufferer within the head earlier than grabbing her hair and by the throat.
He then branded her a 's***' and stated to her 'You are going to die tonight'. The horrified lady managed to flee the caravan however was caught by Jones who dragged her again inside and threw her to the ground.
Witnesses who noticed the incident described the sufferer as showing distressed and being in tears. The 44-year-old took a knife out the drawer and positioned it beneath the victims chin with some utilized drive.
He additionally boiled the kettle and the sufferer feared that he was going to scald her with it. He was approaching her once more when officers arrived on the scene and arrested Jones.
Throughout his police interview, Jones of Charles Road, Porth claims that he was unaware he had brought about any actual hurt to the sufferer and knowledgeable officers: "I've a means out, I will kill myself."
Jones, who the courtroom heard suffers from vital psychological well being situations, pleaded responsible to threatening an individual with a knife and assault occasioning precise bodily hurt.
Recorder Simon Hughes instructed Jones that solely a right away custodial sentence might be justified for his actions and he was sentenced to 12 months behind bars.
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