Lee Clough, 38, was blood-soaked and excessive on crack cocaine when he pounced on the lady and grabbed her by the neck in a carry at Church Stroll Home in Walker, Newcastle.
A terrified grandmother was strangled in a carry by a blood-soaked crack cocaine addict. The horrifying incident occurred round 3pm on March 28 this 12 months when the sufferer went to go to her buddy at Church Stroll Home, Walker, Newcastle.
Lee Clough, 38, of no mounted handle, has left his sufferer so “scared and anxious” by the incident, she feels she will be able to now not return to the Newcastle space the place her household and buddy stay.
Prosecutor Jordan Parkinson advised Newcastle Crown Courtroom that the lady was attacked by a badly injured Clough as she entered the carry on the flats, leaving her petrified. This information comes after a man brutally killed a girl on the primary date and left her physique components round city.
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Miss Parkinson mentioned: “He reached by means of, grabbing the door as they had been closing. He grabbed her by the neck, making it tough for her to breathe. He lifted her off the ground and in opposition to the wall. The incident is captured on CCTV. He might be seen lined in blood, shouting ‘give me the whole lot you have acquired’. She believes he was referring to the medication she had.”
In an announcement, the sufferer mentioned: “Because of the incident I really feel scared and anxious to return to my buddy’s handle or Walker typically. My kids and grandchildren stay in Walker, which means I go to there. I concern for my very own security and I am afraid of one other probability encounter occurring once more.”
Roughly 45 minutes later, Clough arrived at his ex-partner’s home, nonetheless drenched in blood and violating a restraining order imposed for stalking her. She wasn’t house however noticed him on a hoop doorbell digital camera the place he claimed “I have been stabbed to bits”.
Clough, with a historical past of 25 earlier convictions and two suspended sentences – for stalking his ex and drug driving – admitted to intentional strangulation and breaching a restraining order. A earlier cost of tried theft was dismissed. He has now been sentenced to 21 months in jail, reviews Chronicle Dwell.
Recorder Toby Hedworth KC advised him: “It will need to have been extraordinarily horrifying for her, given how she was grabbed by the throat and pinned in opposition to the aspect of the carry, at a time if you had been lined in blood and shouting at her.”
Kate Barnes, defending, mentioned: “He had visited the flats in query to purchase medication. Whereas there, he was attacked viciously, with a machete to his head, legs and arms.
“It was an opportunity encounter (with the lady within the carry) and he does know her. He remonstrated together with her as a result of he thought she had taken property from him whereas they had been taking medication.
“He does not settle for he made any threats to take her property. It is clear from the footage there was no try and take the bag she was carrying.
“Having assaulted her, he went to the closest property he knew of, which was his earlier companion’s handle, to do not more than search help from her, bleeding closely as he was. He’s extraordinarily apologetic for any upset he might have triggered her.”
Miss Barnes said that Clough, who had beforehand been employed and had his personal enterprise, was hooked on crack cocaine on the time of the offences however is now drug free.
