A court recently heard a disturbing account of domestic violence, in which a man, identified as Jake Shaw, attacked his girlfriend Kirsty Burrows with a spade before throwing bags of dog poo at her. He then suffocated her with a pillow, but her dog intervened, allowing her to escape. According to reports, the couple had been in an “on-off relationship” for eight years after meeting on a dating website.
The incident began after an argument about their puppies on February 20 last year. Ms. Burrows slept in her son’s room that night because she was afraid of what Shaw might do. The following morning, while she was giving her son breakfast in the dining room of her home in St Helens, Merseyside, Shaw suddenly hit her over the head with a spade. He continued to strike her with the weapon as she tried to shield herself with her arms and legs.
