Thug’s threat to kill woman hours after he left jail
SERIAL OFFENDER LOCKED UP FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS OVER TERRIFYING ORDEAL
A THUG who threatened to kill a woman just hours after being released from prison has been sent back to jail for more than four years.
Noel Jennings, 32, was released on licence on March 9 before subjecting the woman to 48 hours of abuse so bad she wet herself without realising.
She had picked him up to take him to his brother’s house, but he locked her inside and threatened to kill her family.
Brian Berlyne, prosecuting at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, said Jennings threatened to cut her face with a wallpaper scraper, kicked her in the back and took a can of lighter fluid and a lighter to spray flames near her face, causing her to jump away.
He also shouted abuse at her and threatened her with a knife.
On the morning of March 10, she found the key to the door and was able to leave. After this, Jennings sent her repeated threatening messages and at 1.30pm that day she agreed to meet him again.
When they met she noticed he was drunk, the court heard, and Jennings pushed her head on multiple occasions. She left around 45 minutes later and Jennings again sent her a number of abusive messages.
The following morning he sent her messages calling her a dog and demanding to know where she was and saying she must respond, Mr Berlyne said. Jennings video-called her a number of times to check she was not with anyone else and called her ‘mental’ and ‘ugly.’
Mr Berlyne added: “He threatened to burn her house down.”
She agreed to meet him around 9am and picked Jennings up in her car.
Jennings resumed his abuse and she tried to stop the car and get out but he pulled her back in. At one point when she was driving he pulled the hand brake, the court heard, before screaming at her and striking her with his hand.’ During this she uncontrollably wet herself due to fear.
She tried to call the police at this point but put the phone down before she could talk to them.
Jennings made them go to his grandmother’s house where he pulled a large kitchen knife out of the drawer and said: “I will cut you up and kill your whole family.” Jennings then got a smaller knife and held it against her face, threatening to cut her again, the court heard.
As they were leaving the kitchen he punched her again before dragging her to the car. But, she reacted quickly and drove away before he could get in, Mr Berlyne said. The woman drove to a friend’s house and called police who arrested him.
The court heard that he continued to send abusive messages saying he hoped she would die.
Mr Berlyne said he made 167 attempts to call her in 10 hours between 3pm on March 11 to 1am on March 12.
A victim personal statement from the woman, read to the court, said: “I’m frightened and I’m panicking.
“He scared me so much I weed myself without realising. I felt numb, it didn’t feel real.”
Mr Berlyne told the court that Jennings had 28 previous convictions. This included a history of domestic abuse.
Sentencing Jennings to 52 months behind bars for common assault, malicious communications, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and threats to kill with a knife – all of which he pleaded guilty to – Judge Dina Landale, said: “You are a high risk of harm to any person in a domestic relationship with you. There is very little mitigation available in your case.”