'Controlling' Sheffield man imprisoned and tried to strangle ex-partner

A Sheffield man who imprisoned his ex-partner, threatened her with a hunting knife and tried to strangle her when she asked him to leave has been jailed.
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Scott Stacey's partner ‘thought she was going to die’ as he squeezed her neck and tried to escape, even climbing out of the window before he dragged her back in, prosecutor Louise Reevell said.

"She sat on the sofa crying and telling him to go but he ignored her and tried to tidy up the house – presumably in case she called the police.

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"When she threw the hunting knife at him and cut his arm, he tried to play the victim and get her to feel sorry for him."

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She managed to escape when he went outside for a cigarette.

Stacey was described as ‘controlling within a matter of weeks’ after the two-and-a-half-year relationship began in April 2017, Sheffield Crown Court heard on April 2.

He lost his job because he was calling so often to ask who she was with and what she was doing.

Stacey even refused to allow her privacy while she was using the toilet and justified this by saying he had been cheated on before and blaming his £70 per week cannabis habit.

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"Whenever she tried to split up he locked her in the house and confiscated her keys," said Ms Reevell. "He isolated her from her friends."

Stacey was arrested on October 14 last year and was ordered not to contact her, but sent a note urging her to retract her statement.

The court heard he has previous convictions for violence against two former partners. He bit a woman’s cheek and jabbed at another with a knife.

Kevin Jones, mitigating, said: "Jealousy got the better of him and he acknowledges that. He was working away for long periods.

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"He felt insecure in that relationship. Perhaps if he had sat and talked to her he might not have found himself in this position."

Stacey, aged 33, of Topham Way, Lowedges, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, criminal damage, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault by beating.

Judge Peter Kelson QC imposed a two-year prison sentence and a restraining order until further notice.

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