A man violently punched and strangled his own sister before breaking her arm in two places in a drunken rampage.
Thomas Parker, 34, from Warrington, viciously assaulted his sister in front of her horrified teenage son after getting drunk while watching football. She suffered serious injuries and had to undergo an operation to reset her arm, which was permanently damaged.
At Liverpool Crown Court today, Mr Paul Blasbury, prosecuting, said: "She feels disappointed that her brother has assaulted her. She knows it's going to have a lasting effect on the family and will probably split the family apart. She doesn't think she's going to have any relationship with her brother as a result of this. She loves him but she doesn't trust him."
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The court heard that Parker, who suffered from alcohol addiction, had started drinking while watching football on September 4 2022. At around 8pm, he visited his sister at her home on Cairo Street and the two drank beer together until around 11pm.
Parker then told his sister he was going into town, but returned 15 minutes later with two men, who he said he had met in the street.
At 4am on September 5, Parker's sister found her brother in the bathroom, where he was "holding his head, saying he needed to go for a walk, and that he was going to batter those two lads."
He left the property again for around 40 minutes before returning and verbally abusing both his sister and her 18-year-old son. He then attacked his sister, strangling her, punching her, and pinning her down on the sofa.
Her teenage son called his grandad, Parker's father, who attempted to calm Parker down - but he continued his assault, holding the phone in one hand as he punched his sister repeatedly with the other.
Blasbury said: "She was on the settee cowering, trying to cover her head with her arms. He had all his weight on her so she was pinned down and couldn't move. She described him with the phone in one hand and hitting her with the other hand.
"She describes feeling the worst pain she had ever felt in her left arm... Her arm was throbbing and hurting and it was effectively flopping at an angle and she knew it was broken."
Parker pleaded guilty to strangulation and grievous bodily harm.
Mr Jim Smith, defending, said: "The defendant is sorry for carrying out this appalling attack on a member of his family, that will have continuing effects on the family, and of course his sister for the rest of her life."
But Judge Clement Goldstone QC said: "He's sorry now. He's a great pity he didn't have the guts to apologise for what he did after he did it."
He sentenced Parker to 33 months in prison for grievous bodily harm, and 18 months for strangulation, to run concurrently. He was also subjected to a restraining order forbidding him from approaching his sister.
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