Jail for brute who carried out 'horrific' attack on woman in her home and threatened to cut out her eyes

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A woman was left with 66 separate injuries after being subjected to an “horrific” attack in her own homeMichael Hoban, 58, was jailed for 40 months for what a sheriff described as an “atrocious assault” on the woman in her home in Carfin.Hoban threatened to cut out his victims eyes and warned her “You’ll not be leaving alive”.Doctors found the woman had a broken nose, three fractured ribs and tendon damage to her hand.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Bizarrely, he was wearing the woman’s trousers and was barefoot.The attack took place at a house in Cairn Grove on November 28 last year.Hoban admitted assaulting the 48-year-old woman to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement, when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court last month.

He returned to the court on Monday for sentencing.Aga Mathieson, prosecuting, said it wasn’t clear exactly what happened because the victim had been intoxicated and provided several different accounts.However, it was known that she had been at a pub with the accused and his daughter between 2pm and 5pm that day.They then got a taxi to the victim’s home.Hoban’s daughter left them at 7pm and an hour or so later neighbours heard screaming coming from the house.The woman was found lying injured on the