A man slashed towards his ex-girlfriend's neck with a kitchen knife after turning up to her home to collect his belongings following their break-up.
Kieron Ward told his ex-partner that he wished she would die when he turned up to her Walker home to collect his bicycle following an acrimonious separation. After the woman denied Ward entry into her home, he pulled a knife out of his hoody and "swiped" it towards her throat, but only managed to nick her chest after she moved back.
Ward, who is on the autistic spectrum, then fled the scene and returned to his home where he broke down and told his mother: "I tried to kill her'. Ward, of Christie Terrace, Byker, Newcastle, appeared at Newcastle's Moot Hall via link to be sentenced for possession of a knife and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.
