A woman repeatedly hit a man to the head with a pan in a joint attack with her boyfriend in what neighbours dubbed ‘a horror movie’. Carmel Roche, 32, and her partner Colin Andrews, 33, jointly attacked his housemate after Andrews shouted at him from outside his door on April 4 last year, at around 6pm.
Andrews then wielded an eight-inch knife when he ‘kicked open the door’ to his housemate's room in the shared home in Buckhurst Road, Levenshulme, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He proceeded to stab him to the face above his right eye, and a struggle broke out into the shared hallway.
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“The defendant (Roche) got involved in the assault and attacked him with a pan,” prosecutor Niamh McGinty said.
“It was witnessed by a woman and her family who described seeing the defendant Andrews stab the man repeatedly in the head whilst the defendant Roche hit him on the head with a pan multiple times.”
Whilst the neighbours called the police they saw the victim arm himself with a tool and try to stab Andrews in self defence. He then kicked the man to the head ‘like he was a football’.
They described the scene like ‘a horror movie, Ms McGinty said.
“The defendant Roche was encouraging him to continue the assault and the witnesses commented on the lack of emotion from both defendants,” she said.
“Roche then turned to the witness and asked her why she called the police.”
The man was left with severe bruising to his face which required only glue and stitches to treat.
Roche, of Slade Lane, Levenshulme, was said to have 13 previous convictions for 27 offences including assaults on police officers, being drunk and disorderly and failure to comply with court orders.
She has previously admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and failure to attend court.
Defending, Rachel White said: “It’s a sad situation the courts are far too familiar with.
"She said her client had been subject to abuse in the past which had affected her mental health, as well as her abuse of class A drugs.
“When she isn’t living with the abuse or drugs, she is smart and sensible - clearly there are two sides to her. She confirmed she won’t resort to drug use again,” Ms White added.
Sentencing, Recorder Jon Close imposed a 12 month community order with 20 days of rehabilitation activity requirements. He said: “The victim thought he was going to die.
“It was witnessed by your neighbours. You were part of spreading that fear.
“However, I understand you have had tragedy after tragedy, indignity after indignity. You have been as much a victim as you have been a perpetrator.”
Andrews was previously jailed for 33 months.
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