Alexis Karran, 49, was attacked by Daniel Mitchell, 48, in their £250,000 property in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, just before friends were about to arrive for Sunday lunch.
Daniel Mitchell battered Alexis Karran, a radiographer at a hospital, in a case described as his defence lawyer as "the most tragic in 30 years of legal practice"
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The 35-year-old, whose real name is Melesha O Garro, was accused of assaulting Chante Boyea - who at the time was dating her ex-girlfriend Sidnee Hussein - just after 5am on October 22 2022.