A 'violent bully' assaulted a frightened woman and threatened her with a crossbow has been jailed. Mark Love, 51, barged into his victim’s home in November last year before dragging her across the floor and assaulting her.
She was left with black eyes and bruising following the attack. Just a few weeks later on December 30 residents witnessed Love pull a crossbow from his car boot, pointing it at the woman's home in Newark.
Love, of Cleveland Square in Newark, was soon arrested. He appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, March 21 where he pleaded guilty to charges of affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon.
