Sick abuser stabbed girlfriend 29 times before locking her in house to die
dailyrecord.co.ukA vicious abuser stabbed his girlfriend 29 times in a violent rampage before locking her in their house to die. Steven Wood brutally attacked Martina Turner in the kitchen of the home they shared in in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear on May 21 last year.
Police said the 54-year-old then trapped her in the property and left her to bleed out, according to the Liverpool Echo. Wood, who has bipolar disorder, carried out the horrific assault after the 53-year-old, known as Tina, told him she was heading out later that day.
Thinking she was leaving because she didn't want to spend time with him, Wood grabbed a knife from the kitchen drawer and ran at her from behind, stabbing her with such force that the blade broke.Undeterred, he selected another knife and continued to attack his partner of two years, despite her begging for her life and pleading with him to call for help.Wood told her: “I have to finish you off, I’m not going to prison for you.”But it was only after he plunged a knife into her chest that he called his son and confessed to doing something “bad".While the call was taking place, Tina was able to quietly whisper for help, before Wood left the property, locked the doors and hid her key.Within minutes an emergency response had been triggered and paramedics, officers and the air ambulance were all deployed to the scene.When officers forced entry, they found Tina hiding in a cupboard and began carrying out life-saving treatment at the scene.She was taken to hospital with life-changing injuries and stab wounds over her entire body, including her heart, spine, and legs.Wood was later picked up by the Marine Unit and hospitalised after trying to take his own life.Once he made a full recovery, he was arrested and remanded in
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