A mum endured horrific injuries at the hands of her ex-boyfriend following a sickening six hour attack.
Rosie Frankish, from Warrington, feared for her life after Daniel Little forced his way into her home. After launching a vile attack on the 26-year-old he then dragged her into a taxi, wearing her pyjamas and covered with dog faeces and urine, it was then she managed to escape and reported Little to the police.
Little, 33, was jailed at Liverpool Crown Court last week after admitting assault occasioning actual bodily harm and false imprisonment. He was jailed for three years and seven months.
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Following the vile attack, the mum-of-two suffered severe cuts and bruises, including a black eye, reduced hearing in her left ear, a 10cm bruise over her shoulder to elbow, a 5cm bruise over her chest, and swelling to her head and scalp.
Rosie first met Little seven and a half years ago in Warrington and they had a child together. The mum said it was after the birth of their child that Little changed, but she was determined to make their relationship work for the sake of her children.
Little became increasingly controlling and violent and in 2020, Rosie ended the relationship. Two years on, he made contact, asking to see the children.
Rosie said: "I felt very torn. I didn’t want to deprive my children of their father, but I was wary of him. Daniel insisted he had changed, telling me he had a job and he had calmed down. I agreed to days out, with the children, and it went well at first.”
But she noticed he was again becoming increasingly possessive and controlling and decided to take a step back.
She said: “I told him he could still see the children, but someone else would be present to supervise, and not me.”
Daniel did not take the news well and he spiralled over a period of days, eventually ending up under arrest for attacking a stranger. When he was released in December last year, he went immediately to where Rosie and her children were living.
She said: “I was woken about 11.30pm by a loud banging. I went down to open the back door and he barged in from the garden. He was telling me it was all my fault, that I taken away his family, and I would have to pay for it. I knew the attack was coming. His eyes were completely dead. I had no way of getting through to him.”
Little pinned her against the fridge freezer by her throat before throwing her against the kitchen units. The attack continued upstairs, and into the bedroom, where he punched, kicked and slapped her repeatedly.
Rosie said: “He kept telling me I needed to learn my lesson. Every now and again he stopped hitting me and made me hug him, and he’d say ‘I pinkie promise I won’t hit you again’ - then he’d start hitting me, like it was all part of some sick game. It was torture.
"He ran himself a bath but made me sit on the toilet so he could keep an eye on me. I thought about making a run for it, but I was worried he’d catch me.
"He picked up a full bottle of hair conditioner and tipped it all over my head, into my eyes, and then threw the bottle at me and laughed.
"The dog came upstairs, he was very frightened, he hadn’t been out for a poo because I wasn’t allowed to take him, and he pooed on the tiles. Daniel smeared the faeces right into my face, grinding it into my cheeks and my hair with a towel.
"I was so upset and frightened that I wet myself and he wouldn’t let me get changed. I thought he was going to kill me.”
Rosie saw her chance of escape when, almost six hours later, Daniel announced he wanted to return to his home to get some clothes.
She said: “I called him a taxi and I thought I might be able to persuade him to leave. But he booted me hard and forced me into the taxi with him. All through the journey, I was wondering about throwing myself out onto the road. I wanted to tell the taxi driver but wasn’t sure if he’d help me.”
When the taxi stopped, Little got out for a cigarette and Rosie seized her chance.
She said: “I knew Daniel was looking at me, expecting me to get out after him, so I said very quietly, without moving my face 'Please drive. Just go. Now.'
"The cab driver said 'Where do you want me to go?' and I saw Daniel’s hand reach for the door handle. It was like it happened in slow motion.
“I yelled, and the driver just put his foot down and we were off. I couldn’t believe it was over. He took me to the police station, and I got help.”
Officers arrested Little shortly after. He appeared before Liverpool Crown Court last week and admitted assaults and false imprisonment.
In her impact statement, Rosie told the court: “Psychologically this has affected me. I cannot sleep properly. I feel like I cannot talk to anyone but my family. I feel vulnerable as a result.
“When I close my eyes, I can see his face from that night. I used to love being on my own but now I cannot do that.”
The mum-of-two said she wanted to share her story so "every woman out there to see his face and know what he is capable of.”
In mitigation, the court heard how Little is "deeply ashamed" of his behaviour.
His barrister said: “He accepts that he needs to be in prison. He knows he must be punished.”
Little has a lengthy record of 17 previous convictions for 34 offences, including for violence. Concluding, recorder Michael Blakey described the attack as a "prolonged and persistent assault".
He said: “There is serious psychological harm. You humiliated that lady."
Little, of Henshall Avenue, Warrington, was sentenced to three years and seven months in prison, of which he will serve half of before being released on licence.
Rosie said: “I think his sentence should have been much longer. He could have killed me that night and perhaps he would have, if it wasn’t for the taxi ride. I feel deeply traumatised by what he did.
“It was Daniel’s aim to ruin me but that won’t happen. I won’t let him win. I’m building a new life for me and my children, and our love is far stronger than his hatred.”
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