Man jailed for stamping on ex-girlfriend's head in revenge attack

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 22:21 · Archive

David Thompson, 49, was jailed for three years and eight months after stamping on his former girlfriend's head in a frenzied assault at her flat.

David Thompson, 49, stamped on both sides of his former girlfriend's head, smashed a vase over her head and threw a stereo at her body during an attack at her flat in York. The assault lasted four and a half minutes and Thompson recorded the incident on his mobile phone. He also told the woman: 'It's a good job I didn't bring my cleaver or I would have cut your head off.'

The Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, said a neighbour who heard the woman's screams and went to her aid prevented Thompson continuing the potentially fatal attack. The judge told Thompson: 'I fear in the frenzy you have shown in that event you might have gone further. You could have been up for murder. It was only him going in there that stopped you. You didn't stop yourself.' Police also praised the neighbour's courage and described the attack as 'horrific'.

In a personal statement, the woman said she had believed she was about to die. She was so terrified by the incident that she left the flat she rented and became homeless, having to live in a hostel. Thompson, who gave his address as a pub in Hillam, near Selby, pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm and criminal damage. A charge of threats to kill, which he denies, was left on file. He was jailed for three years and eight months and made subject to a ten-year restraining order banning him from contacting the woman in any way or going near her home or place of work.

How it is being reported

• Thug who stamped on woman's head in 'frenzied' revenge attack is jailedA thug who stamped on a woman’s head in a “frenzied” revenge attack has been jailed, York Crown Court heard.The Press (York) · 29 Oct, 15:00
• Thug who stamped on woman's head in 'frenzied' revenge attack is jailedA thug who stamped on a woman’s head in a “frenzied” revenge attack has been jailed, York Crown Court heard.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 29 Oct, 15:00

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