A YOUNG Penrith woman was left traumatised after her boyfriend subjected her to escalating levels of violence during their 16-week relationship. Bolton man Kyle Speight’s repeated drink-fuelled assaults on the woman finally ended while the couple were on holiday in Crete, where he smashed a coffee cup into her face, splitting open her nose. The attack left her scarred.
At one stage during his violence, the 37-year-old told the woman she would “die in Crete.” Her horrific ordeal was described at Carlisle Crown Court as a judge passed sentence on Speight. He admitted two actual bodily harm assaults, intentionally causing grievous bodily harm, an assault by beating, damaging his victim’s mobile phone, and strangulation.
Prosecutor Kim Whittlestone outlined the facts. “They met in mid-January and the relationship lasted 16 weeks,” said the barrister. “Within that 16 week, the victim was subjected to numerous violent offences by this defendant.
” In the early stages, Speight “love bombed” the woman. The relationship progresses quickly, with Speight moving from his home in Bolton and into her home in Penrith. Things first soured on April 16 when a male stranger in a Penrith pub complemented the woman.
Speight was immediately jealous. Once at home, he punched her to the face, leaving her bruised. At the time, he was drunk.
The second assault happened four days later as the couple stayed at the Chase Hotel near Whitehaven after a wedding. “Again, in drink , and j.
