Published date: 18 November 2015 |
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A MAN said to have been drinking and to have taken drugs could not remember a violent incident at his home when he stabbed his partner, the mother of his child.
Wayne Davies accepted they were the only adults in the house and he must have been responsible for a gaping wound in his partner’s abdomen.
The wound “opened and closed like somebody’s mouth” and the victim, Deborah Scott, was very lucky no organs had been hit by the blade in what was described in court as a penetrating knife injury.
Ms Scott went to the home of a neighbour in the early hours covered in blood and Davies was arrested following a stand-off at the property.
Davies was jailed for 27 months at Mold Crown Court yesterday after he admitted wounding Deborah Scott on August 15.
Other charges, including an alternative count of wounding with intent, were dropped at an earlier hearing.
Davies, 31, of Bryn Mawr Road, Holywell, was told by Judge Geraint Walters that it was not clear what had happened on that Friday night.
The victim did not co-operate with police and maintained she had little recollection of things. She remained loyal to him.
“One thing is certain, you had too much to drink and you behaved in a way which is out of character,” he said.
“The gravity of the offence is the fact that you took a knife to somebody.
“A knife is a dreadful weapon. When someone lunges at another with a knife there is no way of knowing what the consequences are going to be. You cannot judge that.
“It is pure luck that her injuries were no graver or life threatening. That is why the use of knives is so hugely dangerous.”
But he took into account Davies’ remorse, his guilty plea and the fact he had a good work record.
The judge refused a prosecution application for a restraining order after defending barrister John Philpotts said the complainant had indicated to Davies’ family she did not want one.
Mr Philpotts said it was conceded the offence was in the most serious category one because of the use of a knife.
The use of intoxicants was a statutory aggravating feature.
“These offences are a dreadful illustration of what can happen when intoxicants are taken in excess, particularly a combination of alcohol and class A drugs,” he explained.
Davies had a conviction for affray, but that was when he was 17 and since then he had behaved himself and had been working hard to support his family.
Emmalyne Downing, prosecuting, said the couple had been partners for two years and they had a child together.
On the Friday night they had been out and an argument began when they returned home.
Her recollection was limited. At 2.45am neighbours described hearing shouting and screaming coming from the house and Ms Scott was seen to have a cut on her arm.
She went to the home of a friend at 4am and Davies followed her. There was more arguing and it was then realised the couple had returned home.
The friend went to look for Ms Scott and heard screaming coming from the house.
She found the back door smashed with glass on the floor and she realised the screaming was coming from upstairs.
Davies shouted at her to get his partner out of the house before he killed her. He pushed past her, scaring the neighbour who then left.
Another neighbour then heard banging on her door and when she opened it found Ms Scott standing there, covered in blood.
An ambulance was called and she Ms Scott was found to have a wound to her stomach which, Miss Downing said, was opening and closing like a mouth.
The wound was four centimetres in diameter and Ms Scott initially said she had been stabbed but later said she had fallen on glass.
Ms Downing said it was a deep wound going through the muscle and a medical report showed there was a lot of bleeding into the abdomen.
She was very lucky that no organs had been affected.
Davies was arrested and was found to have dried blood on him.
He said he grabbed a knife and had tried to stop her but the knife went into her stomach.
He then returned to the house and there was a standoff when a police negotiator and armed officers were called.
The standoff ended when the officer speaking to him confirmed he was not armed. Three knives were recovered, two of which had blood on them.
When interviewed, Davies said he did not remember stabbing Ms Scott. He said that he would not have done it on purpose.
“He said he loved her, and that he would not harm her.
“They were the only ones in the house,. He did not remember doing it but he accepted that he must have stabbed her,” Ms Downing said.
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