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Man jailed for stab attack in cornfield
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A violent teenager laughed as he to strangle his ex-girlfriend and repeatedly stabbed her with a pizza knife in a cornfield.
Nathan Holding, 18, was jailed for seven-and- a-half years yesterday over the frenzied attack which left his 16 year-old victim needing emergency surgery after she suffered a punctured lung.
Leeds Crown Court heard Holding has a “worrying history of violence” including a knife attack on his father.
Tony Kelbrick, prosecuting, said Holding and the victim were living together at the time of the incident on July 12 last year. They had been in a troubled relationship which had ended four days previously. On the day of the offence the pair had argued and Holding took the battery from her mobile phone and refused to return it.
They argued before the girl left the house but Holding armed himself with a knife and followed her.
He grabbed her and threw her to the ground in the field in Altofts, near Wakefield, Mr Kelbrick said: “He put his hands around her neck and strangled her so hard she could only make gurgling noises.”
Holding made threats to kill the girl before producing the knife and stabbing her several times. The knife handle broke during the attack but Holding continued to use the blade to inflict further injuries.
Mr Kelbrick said Holding laughed as he tried to stab her in the head and neck before stabbing her in the back. He added: “he was telling her he was going to kill her and she believed he would have had it not been for a couple who disturbed him.”
Holding then fled and the air ambulance was called to take the girl to hospital. She suffered wounds to her throat and 17cm gash running from her collar bone across her breasts. Holding pleaded guilty to wounding with intent.
Tim Stead, prosecuting, handed the court 14 letters of reference on Holding’s behalf in which people had described him as “caring” and “considerate.” He urged The Recorder of Leeds, judge Peter collier, not to impose an indeterminate sentence.
He said Holding suffered from a personality disorder but added that a psychiatrist’s report stated that it could be controlled in the future.
The judge ordered Holding to be placed on an extended licence period of four-and-a-half years upon his release from prison.
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