31-Oct-2014 A woman who hit her partner with a hammer and pole, and slashed him with a broken glass bottle has been jailed for eight years. Gemma Hollings, 37, was jailed for two counts of grievous bodily harm, and two of assault, in one of the worst cases of domestic violence police had ever seen. Paul Kirkpatrick, 30, had his neck slashed with a bottle, suffered a cut above his eye, and had a bone in his face broken after a vicious attack in May. Police found the victim lying in the street after he ran away from the home he shared with his partner in Darwen, Lancashire. He told officers that she had caused the wounds after an argument over her hair straighteners. Speaking after the hearing at Preston Crown Court, DC Jenny Berry, said: The victim suffered very traumatic injuries. They could have potentially been fatal. This was a nasty attack. It is certainly one of the most serious cases of domestic violence I have ever come across. It was a relentless assault. Almost 40 per cent of domestic violence victims are thought to be male, with an estimated 720,000 men attacked in the last year, compared to 1.2million women. That gap narrows considerably when it comes to the most severe type of abuse, with 1 per cent of men falling into that category, compared with 1.4 per cent of women. While the issue is now more widely reported by all victims, men are still twice as likely to stay silent after abuse.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:43:45 +0000
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