BASILDON CROWN COURT: MAN WHO ATTACKED WIFE SENTENCED
A south Essex man beat his wife so savagely that she suffered a collapsed lung.
John Stokes, 31, was filmed dragging his wife around a public corridor by her hair and kicking her repeatedly.
The attack started inside their flat and spilled into the corridor as she tried to escape.
She sustained injuries including one swollen eye, bruising, a bleeding nose, bite marks on her arms, and a partially collapsed lung.
Stokes, under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and was sentenced to 30 months after a plea bargain.
He will serve up to half in prison, minus nearly six months already spent on remand.
The judge described the act as "uncontrolled savagery" and "sickening." His wife withdrew support for the prosecution and declined a restraining order.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
44.2%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
39.3%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
44.2%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
d lung. Stokes, under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and was sentenced to 30 months after a plea bargain. He will serve up to half in prison, minus nearly six months already ...
Prison sentence
six months
He will serve up to half in prison, minus nearly six months already spent on remand
Court order
The judge described the act as "uncontrolled savagery" and "sickening." His wife withdrew support for the prosecution and declined a restraining order
