Thug hit girlfriend's sister with hammer as children watched on in horror
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who attacked his girlfriend's sister face with a hammer as two young children were in the house has been jailed. Andrew Kirby, 31, attacked Leah Sharelle with the weapon in her home in Liverpool last October after she had got into an argument with her sibling, Emma, Kirby's partner.Leah was woken at her Glebe Hay address by the thug and his brother at 3am, who then proceeded to verbally abuse her and her partner, Ricky Kilvington.
The victim screamed "get away from [my] house" as her children, aged 3 and 14 were present.Ricky was in possession of a hammer, which Kirby managed to take from him during a scuffle in the front garden.
The brute then smacked Leah in the face with the blunt tool. Stunned Leah was able to throw a punch at Kirby in retaliation, who fell over a wall and fled with his brother, reports the Liverpool Echo.Kirby appeared at Liverpool Crown Court this week charged with one count of wounding, pleading guilty via videolink.
The man, who appeared via video link on Thursday pleaded guilty to the charge. David Watson, prosecuting said: “Ms Sharelle describes herself, in order to protect her partner, fighting in the front yard with the defendant and throwing him to the floor.
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