📍 Steven Beckett – Stoke
📝 Summary
2021
Bully boyfriend choked partner, locked her in house and poked her eyes during abuse campaign
Now Steven Beckett, aged 42, of Packmoor, has been locked up at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Bullying boyfriend Steven Beckett has been jailed after he attacked his partner, choked her and threatened to slit her throat as their relationship descended into abuse.
He subjected her to a horrifying ordeal that included:
- Locking her in his house to prevent her leaving
- Pushing her into cupboards, shoving her on the bed, and poking her in the eye
- Pinning her up against the wall and choking her
- Threatening to slit her throat
- Turning up at her house uninvited
Beckett was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Timeline of Abuse:
Pushed her into a cupboard, injuring her leg - Sep 9, 2018: Threw her around bedroom, poked her eye, bruises to thigh, back, and face
- Dec 23, 2018: Choked her and pinned her to the wall; thought she might die
- Dec 24, 2018: Broke into her home, smashed door to get into son’s room
- Feb 14, 2019: Threatened to slit her throat
- Aug & Oct 2019: Turned up at her house multiple times uninvited, blocked online, still emailed
Despite her efforts to block him, he continued to breach a non-molestation order in Dec 2019 and Feb 2020.
He was convicted after trial at North Staffordshire Justice Centre and sentenced to a 10-year restraining order.
Judge’s Words:
“You seriously assaulted her in your home, damaged property and made serious threats on numerous occasions. You were thoroughly controlling and manipulative over a protracted period. Only a sentence of immediate custody is appropriate.”
🧾 Notes
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