A WOMAN subjected to a ferocious attack by her husband pleaded with a court to "give him a second chance".

Carpet fitter Warren Knight threw his wife Lorraine around the bedroom like a rag doll, punched her in the face and jumped up and down on her body.

Rejecting Mrs Knight's pleas, Recorder Julia May jailed 34-year-old Knight of Charminster Road, Bournemouth, for 12 months.

Prosecutor Robert Griffiths told the court that the attack happened after Knight returned from an evening at the pub on April 28 this year.

When his wife found Knight, a recovering heroin addict, in the kitchen holding a wrap of heroin he told her: "It's all your fault".

Knight followed her to the bedroom where he hurled her around "like a rag doll" causing her to hit furniture.

He then attacked her again punching her in the face and knocking her to the floor.

Mr Griffiths added: "He began jumping up and down on her back and she pleaded with him to stop.

"He did this five or six times and kept saying 'It's all your fault'."

When police arrived the defendant had already left the scene.

Mrs Knight was taken to Royal Bournemouth Hospital with deep lacerations to the head and eyelid and a swollen left hand.

The imprints of Knight's feet were imprinted on her abdomen and back.

Mrs Knight underwent an operation to repair the damage to her eye and had nine stitches in her scalp.

Knight was later found by police wandering the streets and was arrested on suspicion of assault.

Police also found a wrap of heroin in his van and a butterfly knife.

Knight initially denied the attack but later pleaded guilty to assault, possession of heroin and possession of an offensive weapon.

Defending, Angela Kerner said that Knight had not realised that possession of the butterfly knife was illegal. She described Knight as "extremely remorseful" and said he was now attempting to address his problems.

She added: "As far as he is concerned they are now good friends."

Recorder May said: "This was a nasty and ferocious attack. Custody is the only option for an attack of this ferocity."

First published: Sept 25