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Ryan Joseph Wenzlick went off for morning milking, then returned to his former partner’s house and attacked the new object of her affections.
Unable to accept a former girlfriend seeing someone new, a love struck psycho entered her house and attacked her new partner with a hammer. The man was asleep when Ryan Joseph Wenzlick, 27, committed the explosively violent and inexcusable act, causing a lasting brain injury. Wenzlick, a former farm manager, pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assaulting his ex in Cambridge in July 2020. And he was at the High Court in Hamilton on Friday morning, where he was sentenced to six years and four months in prison.
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Man has brain damage after partner s ex attacks him with hammer Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 2:57PM
Ryan Wenzlick went to extreme lengths after being told the relationship with his partner was over - leaving her new partner with brain damage.
Man has brain damage after partner s ex attacks him with hammer Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 2:57PM
A Cambridge man who refused to accept his relationship was over sneaked into the house and slept on the floor beside his former partner and her new boyfriend.
Ryan Joseph Wenzlick was ultimately seen by his ex-girlfriend, Portia Ashton, after he started hugging her when the new boyfriend, and victim, went to the toilet.