Thursday 29 April 2010

Deaf Boyfriend Throttles Pregnant Deaf Girlfriend


A Police Community Support Officer was forced to break-up a violent domestic dispute involving a deaf Huddersfield couple, which saw the pregnant woman throttled by her partner at a busy London railway station, a court heard.

Dean Stanton, 20, of Brent Street, Newsome was convicted at City of London Magistrates’ Court of assaulting Siobhan Keogh at King’s Cross Station on November 19, last year.

Prosecutor Mrs. Varinder Hayre told the court (pictured) it was 5 pm when Miss Keogh rushed up to the PCSO and gestured with her hands that she had been attacked.

“She indicated that she had been grabbed by the throat and that she was pregnant and pointed at the defendant.”

Stanton walked off, ignoring the PCSO, and Miss Keogh chased him into the underground station.

“The victim tried to stop the defendant and he used his hand to grab her throat and pushed her to the ground,” added Mrs. Hayre.

“The PCSO tried to stop him, but he walked away.”

Police were called and Stanton was arrested, but could not be interviewed because of a lack of a sign-language interpreter.

He was re-arrested in Huddersfield on March 26 and charged.

Stanton, who has two recent police cautions, the last being a similar incident involving the same victim was bailed until May 18 for sentencing.

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