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Man Jailed for Strangling Partner During Caravan Holiday Gets 3.5 Years

The jury rejected his self-defence claim after a Hull Crown Court trial.

Overview

  • Lewis Rudd, 36, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and given an indefinite restraining order after a jury conviction at Hull Crown Court.
  • Jurors dismissed his claim that he acted in self-defence, and the judge said Rudd told the jury a pack of lies.
  • The attack at a Thornwick Bay caravan in October 2022, during a make-or-break weekend, involved strangling, punches and stamps that left the woman unconscious, according to the court.
  • The woman escaped by jumping from a bathroom window onto concrete and was treated at Scarborough Hospital for a head cut, neck abrasions and chest and spine tenderness.
  • Rudd drove away from the site, was arrested at a petrol station and later admitted drink-driving, which led to a driving ban.