Sunderland woman attacked boyfriend with knife and broken bottle after he laddered her tights while they kissed
A woman subjected her boyfriend to a three-hour attack after he accidentally laddered her tights while they were kissing.
Cheryl Hall hit the victim with a floor brush then lunged at him with a broken bottle neck and a knife during the shocking eruption of violence.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Hall also taunted the man, calling him “disgusting” and saying “diddums” when he was hurt.
He was later taken to hospital with a wound to his finger that needed stitches, a fractured hand, cut to his neck, bruising and swelling to his elbow and a grazed abdomen.
Hall, 35, of Lloyd Avenue, East Rainton, near Sunderland, admitted unlawful wounding.
Prosecutor Gurjot Kaur told the court the couple had been in an on and off relationship and the victim was staying at Hall's address in October.
Miss Kaur said: “The couple went out for some drinks. On return they continued drinking.
“They were kissing in the kitchen when the complainant accidentally laddered the defendant's tights.
“This seemed to put her in a very bad mood, with outbursts of violence over the course of three-hours.”
Miss Kaur told the court: “She slapped the complainant, hit him over the head and upper body with a floor bursh and lunged at him with a broken bottle neck, causing cuts to his left elbow.
“In between bursts of violence, she would taunt him, calling him disgusting, pervert, diddums.”
In response to some of the injuries, Hall told the victim, who filmed some of the attack: “Be a man.”
The court heard Hall pulled out a cutlery drawer and lunged at the man with a knife from it, which caused a cut to his hand that needed four stitches.
He was able to stop her from throwing a television from a window, which his car was parked below.
Hall also smashed a wine bottle and a mirror during the incident.
Recorder Brian Whitehead sentenced Hall to nine months in prison, which was suspended for 18 months, with probation requirements and a five-year restraining order.
Recorder Whitehead said it was fortunate the injures were not more serious and added Hall has no previous convictions for violence.