A couple have revealed the three-year trauma caused by a violent attack on their way home from a night out which left one of them scarred for life. The ongoing legal proceedings and anxiety even led them to delay their wedding to compound their misery.
Claire Riley was left permanently scarred following the savage street attack which her partner Kirsty Graham stepped in and tried to stop. Claire was violently assaulted by Jodie Lee Graham – a relative of her partner and just a teenager at the time of the assault” – in an attack that saw the victim “repeatedly punched” in the face following a night out in Caerphilly.
The incident happened on February 1, 2020, when attacker Graham was aged just 19 and victim Claire was 28. Claire’s partner Kirsty, who courageously tried to stop the assault, said a series of court delays and cancellations meant it took three years for Graham to be sentenced. Kirsty, 35, said it added extra trauma to their ordeal and made it impossible to move on and gain closure.
