Man's nine brave words after surviving 'grotesque' abuse from wife 'night after night'
Man's nine brave words after surviving 'grotesque' abuse from wife 'night after night'
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A woman has been jailed after launching a relentless "night after night" campaign of abuse against her loving husband. Former telephonist Helen Thornton is said to have made her husband's life a misery through the spiteful abuse, which included stabbing him with the sharp point of an electric toothbrush and hitting him repeatedly with a rolling pin.
She repaid his "love and support" in a "most grotesque way" through the sadistic behaviour, Grimsby Crown Court heard. The 45-year-old denied two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and another of controlling and coercive behaviour. After repeatedly breaching her bail, she was remanded into custody until her trial and subsequent conviction.
Judge John Thackray KC told a sentencing hearing at Hull Crown Court that the controlling and coercive behaviour matter involved Thornton "instilling fear" in her husband that violence would be used against him. This happened on at least two occasions between 2016 and last year, Grimsby Live reports.
After the hearing, Thornton's husband uttered nine brave words, saying: "I just don't want her to hurt anyone else.". "You made his life a misery and it's not less serious because it was committed in a domestic setting, it's more serious because it involved a breach of trust," said Judge Thackray. "Your husband was entitled to feel safe and secure in his home and in the company of his wife.".
