Man attacked ex in her Speen home

Overcome with jealousy, 23-year-old Jamie Smith punched and stabbed Lewis Carson – a complete stranger to him – the court was told last Thursday.
Mr Smith, of Penn Road, Speen, told police a “red mist” had descended.
Helen Waite, prosecuting, said that the offence was aggravated because Mr Smith’s young children had been sleeping upstairs and would have heard the incident.
She added that it was further compounded by the fact that Mr Smith had earlier been released on bail after being arrested on knife and class A drug charges.
The court heard his former partner, Rosie Wells, was with Mr Carson at her home in Hutton Close, Newbury.
Ms Waite said: “Suddenly they heard a massive bang and the defendant came storming in through the door.
“Mr Smith grabbed Mr Carson, threw him into a corner of the room and punched him about the face and body.
“He then dragged him to the other side of the room and hit him some more.”
Pausing only to hurl sexual insults at Ms Wells, he then stormed out, the court was told.
Ms Waite said Mr Carson staggered after him and, in a witness statement, Ms Wells described what happened next.
She said: “It all went quiet. I saw (Mr Smith) raise his arm and strike (Mr Carson) twice as he was on the ground. He then got in his car and drove off.”
Ms Waite continued: “[Ms Wells] went to Mr Carson’s aid and suddenly realised her arms and feet were wet.
“It was blood.
“She was covered in it, and blood was running down his arms from several slash injuries.
“She immediately called an ambulance.”
Meanwhile, Mr Smith went home, said Ms Waite, and armed himself with an air rifle.
However, he calmly allowed police inside and a search of his home revealed several lock knives.
Ms Wells told police: “I know he has been watching me. He was totally out of control.”
Mr Smith admitted assault causing actual bodily harm on December 19 last year.
He told police that he might have used a screwdriver on his victim, and that a red mist had descended on him.
Aisling McDowell, defending, told the court that Mr Smith was a company owner who had no previous convictions.
He had gone to his ex’s house, she explained, and listened outside. When he heard her with another man, he went into the home through an unlocked door.
Magistrates told Mr Smith that the offence was so serious that their powers of punishment were insufficient.
They released him on conditional bail until February 11, when he is due to be sentenced by a judge sitting at Reading Crown Court.