THIS is the horror moment a student nurse was locked into a shed by her ex-husband – before he launched a brutal headbutt attack.
Victoria Jackson was left with injuries all over her body, as well as a huge lump and bruise on her forehead, after Anthony Young’s despicable attack in January 2022.
Evening GazetteVictoria Jackson has spoken out after her ex-husband was jailed for a horrific attack on her[/caption]
Anthony Young locked Victoria in a shed
He then launched a horrific headbutt attack
Evening GazetteThe couple met in 2012 and married around six years later[/caption]
Evening GazetteVictoria was left with horror injuries after the attack[/caption]
Evening GazetteAnthony Young was jailed for 27 months at Teesside Crown Court[/caption]
The 42-year-old has opened up about the night she believed she was going to die.
She has also shared the shocking CCTV from her home address which showed the boozed-up dad-of-four appear with a knife, after he locked her in an outbuilding used as a bar as she tried to escape from a window.
Young rained punches down on the Middlesbrough mum’s face, headbutted her, choked her and “dragged” her across rooms after he sneaked back into the home following an argument.
“You’re going to die tonight,” Young told her, before he used a kitchen knife to ‘stroke her arms and legs, threatening to chop her up’.
Young, 47, was jailed for 27 months at Teesside Crown Court earlier this month.
Victoria, a student nurse at Teesside University, told how she first got together with Young in 2012 and married around six years later.
However, Young’s violent behaviour started just months into the relationship.
She said: “It started eight months in with him – that was when he first hit me. I thought he wouldn’t do it again but then it just kept happening all the time.”
She described the whole attack as “really frightening” as she was genuinely scared for her life.
Victoria told how the attack first began upstairs in the house and Young dragged her into the kids’ bedroom as the children were staying at a family member’s house.
She said: “He kicked me down the stairs and headbutted me.
Victoria, who is also a children’s support worker, was then dragged into the bar and locked her in.
“He had me in the bar – it felt like a lifetime,” she said. When Young left, Victoria made her escape bid by climbing through the window.
However, Young caught her and forced her back into the bar.
Victoria, a mum to two girls aged nine and five by Young and another 18-year-old daughter, told how he then picked up the knife and began “stroking her arms and legs with it”.
Speaking about her ordeal, she said: “You couldn’t write it. I had to be nice to him to get away from him.
“I asked him to take me to the hospital [because of the head injury] but I didn’t report it to the hospital because I didn’t want social services involved.”
Victoria’s sister went round to her home the day after the attack and saw her injuries.
Victoria was then persuaded to report her abusive husband’s violence.
He was arrested and the couple’s relationship then came to an end – and Victoria’s abuse stopped.
Victoria described her ex-husband as “narcissistic” and “emotionless”.
How you can get help
Women’s Aid has this advice for victims and their families:
Always keep your phone nearby.
Get in touch with charities for help, including the Women’s Aid live chat helpline and services such as SupportLine.
If you are in danger, call 999.
Familiarise yourself with the Silent Solution, reporting abuse without speaking down the phone, instead dialing “55”.
Always keep some money on you, including change for a pay phone or bus fare.
If you suspect your partner is about to attack you, try to go to a lower-risk area of the house – for example, where there is a way out and access to a telephone.
Avoid the kitchen and garage, where there are likely to be knives or other weapons. Avoid rooms where you might become trapped, such as the bathroom, or where you might be shut into a cupboard or other small space.
If you are a victim of domestic abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s email support service is open weekdays and weekends during the crisis – [email protected].
Women’s Aid provides a live chat service – available weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
You can also call the freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.
The mum said that Young ‘tried to apologise on the phone’ months after the attack. But his apology was still a double-edged sword as he still maintained it was ‘her fault’.
The Teesside woman is now trying to move on with her life and is relieved that Young is behind bars.
She is now completing her final year of studying after having to take a year out from her nursing studies due to the stress of the ongoing court case.
Victoria has spoken out to help other women who may find themselves in a similar situation.
She wants to ‘warn women about people like that, especially if they think they are to blame and they’re not’.
The determined mum has now found a “gentleman who treats her right” as she continues to move on from her trauma.
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