Posted on 03/28/2023 9:02:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Leah Hanlon, 23, attacked the man at her home in Cardiff and hit him in the head with a Smirnoff Ice and an ashtray
Leah Hanlon, 23, stabbed her ex boyfriend at her home in Cardiff (Image: South Wales Police) A woman wept as she was jailed for stabbing her ex boyfriend in the armpit and hitting him over the head with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and an ashtray. She became jealous after she accused him of messaging other women.
Leah Hanlon, 23, attacked her ex at her home in Cardiff on November 26 last year, a sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard on Monday. She and the man had been separated for seven weeks when she attacked him - but she invited him to her house in Cathays.
She became jealous after thinking he was contacting other women and he showed her his phone in response. Hanlon hit him over the head with a glass bottle of Smirnoff Ice and hit him again with an ashtray, with both breaking on impact.
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Prosecutor David Pinnell said the defendant went downstairs to a neighbour's flat and was followed by the man - who smashed one of the neighbour's windows. The barrister said: "As he went to leave, the defendant followed him and stabbed him just below the armpit using a knife."
The wound was one inch in length under the right arm pit and punctured the chest cavity, causing the mab to suffer a collapsed lung. He was taken to hospital where his chest was drained to allow for the lung to be reinflated. The victim suffered "life threatening compression" to the heart, windpipe and major blood vessels but went on to make a full recovery.
Hanlon, of Cwrt Sant Mihangel, Whitchurch Road, was arrested and taken to custody but when told by officers why she had been arrested, she said: "I don't know what you're on about." She later pleaded guilty to a section 20 wounding. The court heard she had on previous conviction for assaulting an emergency worker.
In mitigation, James Evans said his client not accepted the her relationship with the man had ended and she has no intentions of getting back in touch with him. He said the defendant had a "difficult family background" and became estranged from her parents at the age of 14, but had found the death of her mother hard. She was described as being "mortified" by what she had done.
Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Jenkins said the defendant could have "easily killed" her ex. He added: "Anyone who takes a knife to cause really serious injury to another person is a too serious to be dealt with by anything other than an immediate custodial sentence."
Hanlon wept and told the court "I just want to say I'm sorry" and asked the judge to take her remorse into account, but Judge Jenkins told her he had no option but to send her to prison. She was sentenced to a total of 15 months imprisonment.
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Two mentions of the specific brand of vodka in two paragraphs? What is this, product placement?
Don't drink Smirnoff Ice, you'll get a headache...
Generosity is a fine thing in a man, but think of your one-eyed trouser monster! Is it fair to him?
not to mention lose your lunch.
Meth.
Hi.
“Laz is a reprobate and a screeching loon.”
Methinks if you mention someone in your post, it is proper etiquette to ping them.
Since my post is about your post...
5.56mm
Yup
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