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| Blackfriars Crown Court |
Father-of-two Orhan Demir, 42, enjoyed a three-year relationship with Georgina Demir, but things quickly turned sour after the wedding and she told him to go.
He pleaded guilty to assaulting her, causing actual bodily harm, at the matrimonial home in Malden Road, Kentish Town on July 9.
Blackfriars Crown Court heard Orhan is keen to return to Turkey and Georgina plans to revoke his spousal visa after the knifepoint row.
Prosecutor Ms Usha Shergill told the court the couple had only been married a few months when Georgina told him it was over.
“They had been having arguments and Georgina told him she wanted him to leave.”
Orhan took the couple's dogs for a walk and Georgina went looking for him. “She saw him in a park and there was a verbal confrontation.
“She told him the marriage was over and Orhan made an unkind remark about her late son that upset her deeply.”
Orhan returned to the house shortly before 9pm. “Georgina tried to lock him out and Orhan banged on the door and she let him into the house.
“He accused her of stealing his passport, which she denied and Orhan picked-up a knife and held it against her chin and made threats.
“As she was walking into the lounge Orhan ran behind her and tried to choke her with his hands around her neck.”
Georgina told police: “I couldn't breathe. I felt like I was going to pass out.
“If I didn't do something I was going to die.
“He's a big man and powerfully built and I kneed him in the balls as hard as I could and broke free.”
She was taken to the Royal Free Hospital with a bruised,swollen and painful throat and she could not speak.
“She told the police she is petrified of Mr. Demir, is very fearful.”
When questioned the defendant claimed his wife attacked him and he retaliated in self-defence, denying the use of a knife or throttling her.
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