London crime: Jealous boyfriend ‘stamped on girlfriend’s face’ while screaming ‘I’m going to kill you’

A thug beat his girlfriend and accused her of sleeping along with her brother, a court docket heard.

William Liddiard, 29, punched, beat and threatened his girlfriend with a knife after changing into paranoid about who she was messaging on her telephone.

Liddiard was arrested for the assault however broke his bail circumstances by ringing the sufferer and threatening to kill her and her household three days later, Highbury Magistrates Courtroom heard on Thursday (February 18).

Liddiard spoke solely to plead responsible to assault by beating and sending menacing messages.

On September 6, 2020 Liddiard and the sufferer have been in the lounge at his house on Seven Sisters Highway when Liddiard turned paranoid about who she had been messaging.

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Liddiard stored making an attempt to seize the telephone and commenced beating the sufferer’s legs earlier than biting her left hand and kicking her within the abdomen.

“William wished to look by way of my cell phone to see who I used to be speaking to,” a sufferer assertion learn. “It damage. I used to be making an attempt to maintain him calm.

“William mentioned he would stamp on my face.

“He mentioned: ‘I’m going to kill you. I’m not joking, I’m going to kill you.’”

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When the sufferer ended the connection and tried to place her footwear on, William stopped her and threatened to kill her.

She tried to name the police and requested to depart however Liddiard disrupted the telephone name.

Liddiard punched her six or seven instances in her again and shoulders and even accused the sufferer of sleeping along with her brother.

The attacker then repeatedly mentioned he would kill the sufferer and even fetched a black dealt with knife from the kitchen.

When William was arrested and brought to Kentish City Police Station he mentioned he had been attacked and threatened by his then girlfriend.

He was launched on bail underneath the situation he didn’t contact the sufferer.

However three days later he rang her repeatedly on September 9, 2020 and threatened her and her household if she gave proof in opposition to him.

“The abuse is rarely going to cease,” added the sufferer of their assertion. “I’m in worry of what William goes to do to me.”

On this event Liddard threatened to kill her and her household and in the event that they went to the police and he was arrested his pals would damage her and her household.

“At 1.30am he mentioned he would get his pals to kill me and my household,” the sufferer’s assertion added.

Earlier of their two yr relationship Liddiard had threatened his girlfriend with a rusty knife.

Talking in defence of Liddiard, the defence solicitor revealed he suffered from PTSD because of seeing his mom minimize her personal head off.

Since being arrested Liddiard had been admitted to Homerton hospital.

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Listening to this data the decide dominated extra data was required for sentencing and set a sentencing listening to for March 12 at Highbury Magistrates Courtroom.

For confidential assist, name the 24-hour Nationwide Home Violence Freephone Helpline on 0808 2000 247 or go to womansaid.co.uk

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