A controlling boyfriend used his partner’s credit cards, brandished a knife in front of her and got a key cut for her home without her knowing. Michael Ferguson, 41, has been jailed for his crimes, which spanned a two-year period.
Ferguson met his victim in 2018 when they were both in rehab, prosecution barrister Chloe Booth told Minshull Street Crown Court. As their relationship progressed, Ferguson’s girlfriend became ‘scared’ of him, particularly when he had been drinking alcohol.
In December 2020, Ferguson brandished a knife and made threats to kill, but his partner did not support a prosecution for that incident, Ms Booth said. Defence barrister Sacha Waxman told the court that although Ferguson had pulled a knife out, he had threatened to harm himself rather than his girlfriend.
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