Bolton Crown Court heard how she threw the knife out the bedroom window and Stanley, of Glebe Street, Leigh, left the house.
However he returned just three days later to subject her to more terrifying abuse.Craig MacGregor, prosecuting, said Stanley left her house at 9pm on April 14, claiming he would be gone around 15 minutes.She went to sleep and was woken up by banging on the front door at around 5am.The court heard how Stanley ran upstairs and started smashing up her sunbed.The victim was so terrified, she opened the window and contemplated jumping out just to escape him.Stanley then reached for her dog, picked it up by the neck and started punching it “all over”.The victim was screaming and managed to pull the dog from his grip and it.
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