A jealous 'monster' beat his girlfriend and left his friend with life-threatening injuries by savagely attacking them over 'utterly groundless' suspicions they'd had an affair.
Ian Hood suddenly turned on his girlfriend and long-term pal as all they socialised together at the friend's home in Gateshead. After assaulting his partner, he launched a horrific attack on his friend when he sought to intervene, leaving him with multiple facial fractures and having to eat through a tube.
Newcastle Crown Court heard Hood then sparked a dangerous high speed police chase before decamping into woodland, emerging wearing body armour when a police dog hunted him down. Now the 46-year-old, who admitted a long list of offences including GBH with intent, has been jailed for 13 years and 10 months.
