WORTHING MAN STRANGLED WOMAN AND THREATENED TO SHARE IMAGES
A man strangled a woman and threatened to disclose intimate images of her in an attempt to control her.Thomas Taylor, 30, was arrested and charged after the woman reported the offences to the police.
He continued to try to intimidate the victim while on remand in prison.
She said: “I am still impacted by the trauma he caused and the ongoing fear of what he will do next.” Taylor, of West Court Place, Broadwater, was found guilty of intentional strangulation after a trial in September this year.
He admitted the second charge of threatening to disclose a private photograph or film of a person in an intimate setting.
At Lewes Crown Court on November 21, Taylor was jailed for four and a half years in prison and will serve an additional three years on licence because of dangerousness.
This means he will not be automatically released halfway through his sentence on licence, but will instead only be able to apply for parole after serving two thirds of his sentence.
If granted parole, he will remain on licence to serve the remainder of his sentence for an additional three years.
The victim said Taylor committed the offences after consuming drugs such as cocaine.
The victim also said: “His behaviour became more volatile, frightening and dangerous over time.
I lived in a constant state of alert, afraid of how he would act, what he was planning to do, and who he was going to terrorise next because it wasn’t always me, but it would be my fault somehow due to his cocaine-fuelled delusions.
I am still impacted by the trauma he caused and the ongoing fear of what he will do next.” Taylor has been made the subject of a restraining order that prevents him contacting the victim and the order lasts until 2040.
