This is the moment a terrified woman desperately fought for
her life as her crazed husband held a knife against her throat. Neighbours
watched in horror as drunk Glenn Mills grabbed his wife Susan around the neck
and threatened to kill her.
The terrified mother feared she was going to die at the
hands of her jealous husband as he pointed the large kitchen knife towards her
throat and told her: 'If I'm going down I'm going down for something
worthwhile.'
'Bullying' Mills had already beaten his wife a month earlier
and been banned from their flat in Margate, Kent. But the 48 year old alcoholic
returned in July after drinking and Susan complained, telling him: 'Glenn you
can't treat me like this.'
Mills told her 'Call the police!' and she ran into their
garden and shouted to a neighbour to make the 999 call.
Prosecutor Dominic Connolly said she then saw Mills emerge carrying
a large kitchen knife. He grabbed her around the neck.
Mr. Connolly said: 'He then put the knife to her throat and
then her stomach as she pleaded: 'Please don't kill...please someone help!'
'She said that she thought she was going to die but managed
to get the knife off him and threw it over a fence.
'She then ran into her daughter's bedroom and carried her to
a neighbour's house and called the police.'
Mr Connolly said the attack was seen by a neighbour who saw
Susan being held in a headlock and her husband making stabbing movements
towards her face and neck.
They said Susan 'looked absolutely terrified' and took the
photos on their mobile phone before calling for help.
Susan escaped to the neighbour's flat for safety but Mills
followed her begging his wife not to press charges.
Police arrived within minutes and found Mills sitting on the
toilet and 'extremely drunk'.
The court heard how Mills had a previous conviction in
October 2012 for battery on his wife when he fractured her fingers, telling her
later: 'I wish that I had killed you.'
Canterbury Crown also Court heard that the couple had argued
over the parentage of their child. He was originally charged with attempted
murder but on the day of his trial pleaded guilty to assault by beating, affray
and making threats to kill.
He was jailed for three years and eight months.
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