Hartlepool man jailed for 'terrifying' attack after bursting into mum and daughter's home at 1am
A Hartlepool man who attacked a mother and daughter after bursting in their home in the early hours has been jailed for more than three years.
Mark Hunt invaded the victims’ home while they were both asleep at around 1am on January 9 this year.
Teesside Crown Court heard the 57-year-old, who was on police bail at the time, went into the girl’s room shouting he was going to kill her.
He grabbed her in a headlock before strangling her on the bed.
When her mother tried to get Hunt off, he bit her and resumed his attack on the teenager, kicking and pulling her hair.
Hunt was originally charged with attempt murder, which he denied, but he pleaded guilty earlier this month to two counts of actual bodily harm assault, assault by beating and intentional strangulation of the girl.
The Recorder of Middlesbrough, Judge Francis Laird, sentenced Hunt, of Chatham Road, Hartlepool, to three years and three months prison.
Restraining orders were also imposed.