Overview
- Anthony Lee Winton, 44, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and controlling and coercive behaviour spanning July 2023 to April 2025.
- The court imposed a 15-year restraining order to protect the victim following the prison term.
- North Yorkshire Police detailed daily assaults that included a spiral fracture to the victim’s arm, strangulation, and threats with a knife.
- Officers arrested Winton in April for breaching a Domestic Violence Protection Order after finding the victim hiding in a bathroom as he tried to conceal her identity.
- Police later found Winton inside the victim’s flat with a large kitchen knife beside him, and the victim’s statement described lasting fear, nightmares, and disrupted daily life.