YORK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STRANGLING UNIVERSITY STUDENT
A BOYFRIEND twice choked his girlfriend before telling her she deserved it, York magistrates heard.The psychological effects of Sam Parnell’s actions caused her to drop out of university and left her with recurring nightmares in which he kills her, the woman said in a personal statement.
She said she is now afraid to go out in York city centre in case she encounters the 24-year-old from Stockton Lane, York.
'He was my first love,' she said.
Parnell's actions meant that she couldn't now form meaningful relationships with anyone outside her family, she said.
York magistrates decided the case was too serious for them to sentence and sent Parnell to York Crown Court where he will be sentenced on Tuesday, April 14.
