Raunds man placed his hands around woman's neck until she 'stopped breathing'
A man who strangled his wife until she stopped breathing during an argument has been jailed.
Luke Davey, 35, from Marshall’s Road, Raunds, attacked the victim at her home after she began recording an argument they were having.
Davey struck at the woman’s home in Doddington, near March, Cambridgeshire, in the early hours of November 16 last year.
The pair were in the process of splitting up and an argument had broken out.
The woman began recording the argument with her mobile phone and Davey grabbed it before placing his hands around her neck, causing her to stop breathing for about 15 seconds.
He also dragged her out of her daughter’s bedroom as she tried to call police from another phone.
On 21 April, at Huntingdon Magistrates’ Court, Davey was jailed for a year having pleaded guilty to intentional strangulation.
He was also handed a five-year restraining order against the victim.
DC Chris Herring, of Cambridgeshire Police, said: “This was a despicable attack which could have had fatal consequences.
“I would like to thank the victim for reporting the assault and supporting us with a prosecution.
“Domestic abuse is a force priority, and we will do all we can to put the perpetrators before the courts.”