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The shocking injuries from domestic abuse Anna wants you to see
Her ex-husband attacked her with a hammer. Anna wants other victims to speak out
Anna Butt after being attacked by Alec Butt
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A woman has released shocking images of injuries she suffered after her ex husband attacked her with a hammer - and urged other domestic abuse victims to speak out.
Chilling 999 call of moment Bristol man smashes ex in the face because she left him
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Police have released the 999 call from a witness to a businessman s brutal attack on his ex-wife.
Alec Butt took a hammer and screwdriver to the head and arms of the mother of his children because he wanted to punish her for leaving him.
The 71-year-old, then of Rylestone Grove in Westbury-on-Trym, had tried to conceal himself behind a hoodie and mask. He hid behind bins, crept up on Anna Butt and repeatedly struck her outside her workplace in Whiteladies Road, Clifton.
Bristol man Alec Butt jailed after hammer attack on ex-wife
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image captionAlec Butt covered his face to hide his identity, before attacking his ex-wife
A man who brutally attacked his ex-wife with a hammer and screwdriver outside her workplace has been jailed.
Alec Butt, 71, seriously injured Anna Butt s head, arms and hands after laying in wait for her on Whiteladies Road, in Bristol, on 28 December 2019.
She said: I was thinking that I was going to die .
Butt was found guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and sentenced at Bristol Crown Court to seven years and nine months in jail.
Terrifying 999 call of moment woman is attacked by ex with hammer and screwdriver
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Alec Butt, 71, was jailed at Bristol Crown Court after using a hammer and screwdriver to attack his ex-wife in Whiteladies Road, Bristol
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