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The retired police superintendent has been jailed for six years after plotting a savage attack against his ex-wife, which also saw him trying to kill himself. The defendant had armed himself with two knives, rope and tape and had aimed to tie up his former lover and assault her after barging into her home on October 16, 2023.
The case raised a novel point of law regarding trespass, since this element of the offence was activated by a flexible term in the police bail conditions, since the offence location was the defendants home address.
Martyn was instructed by Reeds Solicitors.
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