Lazy, violent and controlling Wakefield boyfriend blamed autism for sickening behaviour
A controlling thug who spent his girlfriend’s money on drugs and model figures tried to blame his autism for his sickening behaviour.
Lazy Corey Jenkins expected the woman “to do everything for him” and continually claimed his condition prevented him from lifting a finger.
He was jailed at Leeds Crown Court after admitting controlling or coercive behaviour and strangulation.
Prosecutor Oishee Dey said the couple had started their relationship in May 2020 and had a young child together.
They moved in together in June 2021 and he began to take control of her.
He would call her “stupid and lazy”, despite refusing to help with everyday tasks, and would regularly take her phone from her.
He did not have a bank account and would take her bank card, frittering her cash on cannabis and modelling figures.
Jenkins would threaten to kill her or himself if she left him.
The 27-year-old would turn up at her place of work demanding to speak with her, even if she was dealing with customers.
He would also monitor her movements, turning angry if she was not home at the time she was expected.
During one argument at their South Hiendley home, Jenkins grabbed the woman by the throat. In another incident from March 2025, he became angry when the child woke early wanting milk.
In a rage, Jenkins poured the milk down the sink and cut the teats from the child’s bottles. He then barricaded the woman in the kitchen by pushing a sofa against the door.
He also picked up a knife and threatened to kill the woman if she dared to leave.
The police turned up and arrested him, but he refused to get into the police car, banging his head on the car door and claiming he was being attacked. He called the officers “c****” and “paedos”.
Jenkins, of Patrick Street, Grimsby, has no previous convictions.
Mitigating, Tonicha Allen said Jenkins was “very much aware” that he faced prison and had since “come round the idea” of working with probation, should he be spared immediate custody.
She said he was diagnosed with autism at the age of 11 and added: “His behaviour should not have happened and hopes it is never repeated again.”
She said he was living in shared accomodation with a friend.
Judge Alex Menary told Jenkins that his autism did not “excuse or explain” his actions.
He also told him he was lucky not to be charged with making threats to kill after the knife incident.
He jailed him for 27 months and gave him a 10-year restraining order to keep him away from his ex partner.