Man jailed for strangling wife at caravan park

Christopher Piercy, 56, admitted the attack on his wife at a North Hykeham caravan site last December

A man who strangled his estranged wife at a Lincolnshire caravan site has been jailed for 27 months.

Christopher Piercy, 56, admitted carrying out the attack in North Hykeham on 18 December while he was on bail at an address in Falkirk, Scotland.

Piercy pleaded guilty to assault, intentional strangulation and perverting the course of justice. He also admitted to threatening his wife if she reported the matter.

Lincoln Crown Court heard Piercy was previously convicted of attempting to murder a former partner and wounding a 12-year-old child in 2004.

His Honour Judge Simon Hirst also sentenced Piercy to a two-year extended licence following his release from prison after deciding he was a danger to the public.

Judge Hirst said: "You struck her to the left side of her face and you then pulled her hoodie across her throat, she says for four or five minutes.

"She told you that she could not breathe. You told her that you 'didn't want her to breathe'."

The victim suffered swelling to her eye and, in a statement, said she had been left shaken by the attack.

The 56-year-old had a number of convictions relating to former partners, including battery in 2003, attempted murder in 2004, a further assault in 2014 and breaching a restraining order in 2016.

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