Brute smashed through his ex-partner’s window
A MAN smashed through his expartner’s window and tried to kiss her despite a restraining order.
Benjamin Jarvis, 36, of Siddal in Halifax smashed the woman’s window and climbed through just days after being handed a conditional discharge and order prohibiting him from contacting her directly or indirectly.
Jarvis had been ordered not to enter Clough Place after he had been sentenced for criminal damage and harassment, following an incident in July last year.
However, on September 5, dad-ofthree Jarvis attended the woman’s home just after 9am and smashed her window again.
Prosecutor, Ian Howard, told Bradford Crown Court yesterday:
“[On September 5] she was at her home address and was woken by her 10-year-old daughter running into her bedroom saying someone was banging on the door. She knew it was him. Her brother was asleep on the sofa and was woken by snapping wood coming through the window and his [Jarvis’] face appeared through the gap.
“He said he was frightened of him.”
The woman ran to the bathroom and attempted to call the police but did not tell them what was happening out of fear Jarvis would hear her. As she went back to her bedroom, within seconds she was joined by Jarvis. Mr Howard said: “He told her to end the call and began walking towards her and said, ‘Please let me talk to you, come downstairs, I still love you.’
“She went with him and he stood talking but what he was saying didn’t make any sense and he asked if she was seeing any other men. She could tell he had been up all night as he looked disheveled and smelled of alcohol. She opened the front door and he grabbed her cheek with both hands and he kissed her. She struggled from his grip and he ran out of the front door.”
The court heard Jarvis handed himself in later that day after being told by a friend police were looking for him. During his interview, he denied the woman’s allegations and denied saying that he loved her, claiming he “hated her.”
Mr Howard told the court Jarvis had previous convictions for harassment and criminal damage.
Mitigating, Christopher Styles told the court the woman has, since making the allegations, messaged Jarvis saying she loves him and wants to rekindle their relationship.
The court heard Jarvis pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage and three counts of harassment and breach of a restraining order at the magistrates’ court, but only pleaded guilty to one further count of breaching the restraining order on the day of trial.
Recorder Simon Kealey QC jailed Jarvis for two years. Jarvis was also made the subject of a five-year restraining order. He will serve up to half of his sentence in custody before being released on licence.