MAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE BINGING ON COCAINE AND VODKA ASSAULTS SLEEPING GIRLFRIEND
A 22-year-old man under the influence of cocaine and vodka assaulted his sleeping girlfriend in Sheepridge.According to the report, Tyler Brook passed out after launching a violent rampage where he punched his victim in the head, grabbed a knife, and threatened to kill her.
Police found him vomiting outside a Sheepridge address before he collapsed and was taken to hospital.
Brook admitted to police that he had consumed a large amount of vodka, equivalent to a quarter of a bottle of neat alcohol, and had used cocaine over the weekend, which he said could cost him a week's wages.
He told officers that he could only remember drinking and then waking up in hospital.
The court heard that he and the victim had been in an on-and-off relationship since the previous May, with accusations of infidelity.
On September 1, after returning to the victim's home following a meal, Brook was visibly drunk and unsteady.
The victim noticed drugs in the kitchen, and later that night, Brook suddenly assaulted her, waking her up to punch her in the head multiple times, push her by the neck, and grab her by the head as she shouted at him to leave.
Despite her efforts to lock the door, Brook pulled on the handle, breaking the key.
A witness observed him kicking the victim's door and shouting threats to kill her.
They also saw him acting strangely, taking a knife from the cutlery drawer, and hiding it in his trousers.
Brook went into the living room, jumped on top of his girlfriend, punched her, and then strangled her around the neck, slamming her head into the wall.
Police recovered a knife down his trousers during the incident.
He was detained outside the house, examined, and found to have been sick and unconscious.
In an interview, Brook expressed paranoid tendencies, accusing his girlfriend of seeing other men, and admitted that he used cocaine at the weekend along with heavy drinking.
The court sentenced him to an 18-month community order with 180 hours of unpaid work, along with a fine of £85 for prosecution costs and an equal victim surcharge.
