WOMAN JAILED FOR ATTACKS ON SOUTH OCKENDON, ESSEX, BOYFRIEND
A woman named Aisha McConnell, aged 41 from Crayford, has been imprisoned after attacking her boyfriend with a shattered wine bottle following the revelation that he was a convicted sex offender.On Monday, May 11, she received a sentence of two years and two months for charges including actual bodily harm, wounding, possessing an offensive weapon, and assaulting an emergency worker.
The incident occurred in Tower Hamlets last November, where McConnell assaulted her then-partner twice.
In a handwritten letter to the judge, McConnell expressed that she had been in a two-year relationship with the victim and was deeply in love, but she had discovered he was lying about his criminal record.
Prosecutor Rebecca Lee informed the court that the man, from South Ockendon in Essex, was convicted of a sex offence in 2021 and had been subjected to a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a community order, although the specific offence was not disclosed.
McConnell stated she stayed with him believing his version of events because she wanted to trust the person she loved.
According to court reports, the violence peaked early in the morning of November 9 last year during an argument.
Police arrived around 2 a.m.
after reports of a woman hitting a man in Bow.
Officers observed McConnell's partner with facial bruising, and he claimed he had been attacked by three assailants.
She was initially released under investigation but was re-arrested two days later near Shadwell Underground station after witnesses saw her attacking her boyfriend with a broken bottle.
He was hospitalized with a broken nose and a head injury.
During her police interview, the victim recounted that McConnell had insulted him repeatedly on November 9, prompting him to slap her lightly, which she responded to by headbutting him.
On November 11, he said McConnell had smashed a bottle against a wall and then struck him multiple times with it.
After reviewing the police interview, McConnell admitted guilt to all charges.
In her letter, she admitted her actions were horrendous and deserving of punishment, also mentioning that her seven months in remand had helped her turn her life around.
A mitigation statement from her lawyer highlighted her history of domestic violence, suggesting it influenced her reaction to being slapped and requested a suspended sentence.
However, the sentencing judge, Recorder Leo Seelig, deemed only immediate custody appropriate given the severity of the violence.
He described the attack as retaliation driven by anger rather than self-defence, and sentenced McConnell to 26 months imprisonment.
