MANCHESTER WOMAN ATTACKED BY PARTNER PULLING KNIFE IN FRONT OF KIDS
A mother has bravely spoken out about the abuse she endured from her partner, Jack Lowther, including an attack in front of their children.Jack Lowther, 28, attacked his partner of 15 years after the family returned from an Easter egg hunt.
The assault involved slapping, punching, choking, and pulling a knife at the top of her staircase while their children watched and ran out crying.
The mother, Bobbie-Leigh Tindall, 28, managed to escape downstairs but collapsed in their Oldham home.
She described how Lowther had dialed 999 but then claimed his children were 'messing about on the phone.' Emergency services responded as her screams were heard in the background.
Lowther fled but was later found and arrested.
He pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was sentenced to two years and two months in prison, along with 120 hours of unpaid work and a restraining order not to contact her or the children.
The court noted that Lowther produced a knife during the attack, which must have been terrifying for her, and he described the incident as a 'petty argument that escalated.' The court also heard that Lowther has a previous conviction for battery in 2010 and that there had been prior callouts to the family home.
The mother, Bobbie-Leigh, who trains celebrities at her aesthetics business, married Lowther at age 19.
She recalled the traumatic night, saying, "I'll never forget the screams I heard that night.
They were hysterical.
We went into the bedroom and he was punching me.
My daughter got in front of me on the bed asking him to stop.
She said 'please stop, you're hurting mummy'.
He strangled me, punched me, slapped me and threw a wine glass at me – all while my little girls were at the side of me." She has since recovered, suffered from PTSD, and describes herself as now feeling stronger despite the trauma.
She has spoken out to help others against domestic abuse and emphasizes that she would have faced death if she had stayed with Lowther.
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