A Mother-of-two Who Was Spared Jail For Stabbing Her Drunken And Abusive Boyfriend Has Helped Send Him Back To Prison After He Tracked Her Down And Beat Her Up Again During A 2am Attack

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A mother-of-two who was spared jail for stabbing her drunken and abusive boyfriend has helped send him back to prison after he tracked her down and beat her up again during a 2am attack.
Emma Westwood, 37, was given a suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm after she snapped and twice knifed Christopher Clark in the stomach and left him for dead when he came at her with a broken bottle last year.
But as she tried to make a new life for herself and her two children, Clark, also 37, turned up unexpectedly at her home near Stretford, Greater Manchester in July, demanded to be let in and then poured vodka over her head and pulled out her hair extensions. 
During the assault, Clark locked all the doors so Westwood could not escape before dragging her away from a window in front of one of her young children as she screamed at neighbours for help.
Earlier that day Clark had been freed from jail over another incident in which he had hounded Westwood.

Police inquiries revealed a restraining order which banned Clark from contacting his ex-girlfriend had been breached six times.
Emma Westwood (pictured) was spared jail last year after stabbing her abusive ex-boyfriend.

He has now been sent to prison after he tracked her down and beat her up during a 2am attack
Christopher Clark, 37, (pictured) turned up unexpectedly at Westwood's home near Stretford, Greater Manchester in July, poured vodka over her head and pulled out her hair extensions after he demanded to be let in
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At Minshull Street Crown Court, Clark, who has one child with Westwood, was sent back to jail for two years after he admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm and harassment.
In her victim impact statement Westwood said: 'I felt absolutely gobsmacked when he turned up at my home, especially when he had been told so many times not to.

I hate feeling like a victim in my own home.'
Westwood (pictured outside court in 2021) said in a victim impact statement to Minshull Street Crown Court that she felt 'gobsmacked' when he turned up at her home
The couple began their toxic romance in June 2018 but the following year Clark was convicted of sending menacing messages to Westwood and of battery after he bit her face during an argument.

He was locked up for two years with a three-year restraining order put in place.
But after being freed early on parole, Clark repeatedly harassed Westwood and in February 2020 he was sent back to prison for 26 weeks for breaching the restraining order.
Westwood and her children moved to a secret address in the hope Clark would not find her but following his release he discovered where she lived and in April 2021 attacked her in the kitchen of her home.
During that terrifying 3am head-to-head confrontation, Clarke broke down the front door of Westwood's home and lunged at her with the broken bottle of vodka only for her to fight back and stab him twice in the chest.

He fled into the street before collapsing outside.
Police were called to the scene by Westwood's father and found Clark lying on the pavement outside with blood pouring from his wounds. Clark recovered from his injuries but declined to give a statement to officers.
Westwood was arrested after she admitted to stabbing him in self-defence.
Last December at Minshull Street Crown Court Westwood faced jail after being charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent. But the mother-of-two wept as she was given a 16-month jail term suspended for two years after prosecutors accepted her plea to the lesser charge of unlawful wounding due to Clark's abusive behaviour.
Last December at Minshull Street Crown Court Westwood faced jail after being charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent
The latest confrontation occurred on July 4 this year after Clark had been returned to prison again for pestering Westwood and sending her text messages.
Kate Laverty, prosecuting, said: 'Soon after he was released he emailed the victim asking if he could come to her address, to which she declined.

Later that day Clark attended the address, without permission, and demanded that the victim lend him some money for a taxi. The victim then gave the defendant her bank card and he left the address.
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