Woman jailed after terrifying attack on couple with fire poker and shovel
An Usk woman who assaulted a Monmouthshire couple both inside and outside of their home has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court today (22 October)
Paula Attwood-Rees assaulted a man and a woman in Monkswood, near Usk, in May this year and used several dangerous weapons during the attack.
Restrained
The defendant, 59, hit the woman with shovel outside of the property after causing damage to two parked cars and had to be restrained by a passing motorist before officers arrived.
This followed her entering the home of the couple, who were known to the defendant, and punching the woman in the face and striking the man on the head with the poker.
Attwood-Rees pleaded guilty to wounding with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, aggravated burglary with intent, common assault of an emergency worker, and two counts of causing criminal damage to property.
Electric shock device
She also pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon – a cattle prod electric shock device, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, and possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place.
Detective Constable Abigail Short, the officer in the case, said: “Everyone has the right to feel safe in their own homes and on their property.
“It was truly terrifying for these two victims when the defendant burst into their home uninvited with the sole intention of attacking them and causing harm.
“Luckily neither were seriously injured but the potential risk of harm that these dangerous and prohibited weapons could have caused is frightening.
“I hope the victims can continue the process of moving on and rebuilding their lives after this traumatic attack, but I’d also like to thank the man whose brave actions prevented further escalation.”
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