Plymouth chef attacked cancer patient with her stick
A CHEF used his cancer patient girlfriend's walking stick to subject her to a savage beating after a drunken row in the street.
Euten Lindsay, head chef at Fusion Cuisine on the Barbican, attacked his partner even though she had just returned home from treatment for a tumour.
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Plymouth chef Euten Lindsay attacked cancer patient with her stick
He beat her so badly that her arms swelled up to twice their normal size and she had heavy bruising on her shoulders and body, Exeter Crown Court was told.
The victim was in remission after treatment for a tumour and had just moved back into her own home in Buckfastleigh after recuperating with her mother.
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The couple have been reconciled since the attack and are now engaged to be married, the court was told. The victim, who walks with a frame, sat in the public gallery to support Lindsay.
The 48-year-old, of Cattedown Road, admitted causing actual bodily harm and was jailed for a year, suspended for two years, and ordered to attend a domestic violence course.
Judge Erik Salomonsen told him: "You were drunk and had a row. You seized the stick which your partner, who had a tumour, needed to get around, and you beat her with it.
"You started a frenzied and continuous attack and hit her on her arms and shoulders and she fell to the ground. You hit her as she got up and witnesses describe you punching and kicking her."
Nigel Wraith, prosecuting, said police were called to an incident in August where they found the victim severely beaten and bruised.
He said: "Officers saw large purple welts forming on her arms, which had swollen to twice their normal size."
Edward Bailey, defending, said Lindsay met the victim a year ago and had helped her cope with her treatment. At the time of the assault she had been staying at her family home and he had helped her return to her own. He said they were now engaged and Lindsay was ashamed of his behaviour.
Mr Bailey said:"She is still reliant on him for day to day care and help with her disablement and she pleads for mercy so they can he allowed to live peacefully together."
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by Strongbowman
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 3:48PM
“"the USA don't have a problem". What do you base that on?”
by Lordiesl
Monday, January 28 2013, 8:48PM
“Please don't knock her for staying. She'll get wise, eventually. She is clearly vulnerable and a classic victim of abuse. One day, what happened will dawn in her, and she will gather what little self respect she has and get out.
He has no excuse for what he did, drunk or not. No-one has the right to do that to another human being. The fact he is her carer makes her situation even harder; she is clearly physically and emotionally dependent on him.
Makes me so sad for her. Just hope, one day, she be fed up feeling fed up and make the break.”
by star1
Monday, January 28 2013, 3:58PM
“As with any abuser, he has probably crushed all her self esteem so she thinks she can't do better and nobody will want her. Get out now while you have the chance. He will do it again.”
by josdave
Monday, January 28 2013, 12:44PM
“The couple have been reconciled since the attack and are now engaged to be married
Clearly the tumour caused some brain damage to even think about spending a life with a drunken lout. Saying sorry means nothing and he will do it again so she should get out while she can.”
by cashlift
Monday, January 28 2013, 12:08PM
“How can any woman settle down with a man that has beat her , bigger fool her , he wont change and she has just helped him to get away from a prison sentence”
by tracye182006
Monday, January 28 2013, 11:52AM
“meant something different”
by tracye182006
Monday, January 28 2013, 11:52AM
“all i can say is what a fool, once a beater always a beater hope she learns soon or it might be something we all read”
by FabDBone
Monday, January 28 2013, 10:49AM
“Amazing. I can just see this pair as an old couple,sat around an open fire with the grandchildren playing quietly on the front room floor;
"Oh Love,do you remember that time I beat you black and blue with your own walking-stick?"
"Oh yes,I do...how we laughed about it afterwards"
Weird :-/”
by fazer58
Monday, January 28 2013, 10:46AM
“I wish the future Mrs Lindsay all the best,she'll need it.Once a wife beater.............”
by shaun_us
Monday, January 28 2013, 9:44AM
“Same old same old our justice system need a massive over haul.(its all ABOUT MONEY ) the USA don't have a problem ? oh no forgot they got the death penalty.We,re just too soft.”