A teen tried to flee to Belfast from Birkenhead after a woman suffered severe injuries to her head in a brutal "hooked blade" attack.
The woman was met by "unjustifiable" violence when looking for her pet lurcher Duke who had been driven off in her boyfriend's stolen Nissan X-Tail on December 8. The couple followed social media suggestions that the car may be at a caravan park in Markfield.
Matthew Rowcliffe, prosecuting yesterday at Leicester Crown Court, said the the victim, her partner and brother borrowed a white Vauxhall car and arrived at the Whitegate Stables site where they located the stolen car but not the dog.
