'Brutal ex-boyfriend was like animal - if I hadn't escaped he'd have killed me'

Vicious John Brown, 50, bushed his erstwhile spouse Lisa Gouldson, 46, to a bloody pulp and sent different pistillate to infirmary during a brutal battle successful Kirkby, Liverpool

A pistillate has shared chilling details of however her "animal" ex-boyfriend would person killed her if she hadn't escaped the terrifying situation.

Lisa Gouldson, 46, said her erstwhile spouse John Brown had near her and different pistillate needing infirmary attraction pursuing a vicious attack that inactive haunts her noe, Last week, 50-year-old Brown was handed a nine-month jailhouse condemnation and a two-year restraining bid at Liverpool Crown Court aft admitting battle occasioning bodily harm and assault.

On November 3 past year, helium carried retired a vile battle against Lisa and different pistillate astatine a residence successful Kirkby, leaving some of them successful agony. Lisa told the ECHO: "He punched maine repeatedly. I was achromatic and bluish each implicit and mislaid 4 of my teeth - 3 connected apical and 1 connected the bottom." She besides suffered breached ribs successful the attack, and said that much than 2 months connected from the ordeal, she hasn't recovered from what happened to her.

"I don't cognize however I escaped to beryllium honest," she told us. "As it was happening, I was conscionable thinking, I request to get retired due to the fact that he's going to termination me. He was similar an carnal - I've ne'er seen him that aggravated before. It's near my assurance debased and I can't spot anyone anymore. It's been a precise stressful time."

The narration lasted for 25 years, connected and off, and Lisa present says she regrets staying with Brown for truthful long. "I was excessively invested successful our history," she said. "I was ever trying to marque it work."

She said she has chosen to talk retired "so that women tin beryllium braver and basal up for themselves". "My proposal is conscionable to permission the concern arsenic soon arsenic you're able. As soon arsenic you're disrespected and you spot those reddish flags, get retired of the narration earlier it becomes carnal oregon mental."

On that unspeakable November night, it wasn't conscionable Lisa who suffered. There were 2 young children successful the spot astatine the time, who were forced to fly the location successful terror.

Police were archetypal alerted by reports of 2 children screaming and crying successful the street, with the caller stating that they "believed idiosyncratic was getting earnestly hurt". The children reportedly "heard the commotion" and fled.

A household subordinate aboriginal attended the address, astatine which signifier Brown "became aggravated and repeatedly punched her to the caput and grabbed her neck". Lisa and the pistillate were some treated astatine Aintree Hospital for their injuries, portion the children were recovered "safe and well".

Brown has a full of 16 erstwhile convictions for 36 offences, including matters concerning cause trafficking and receiving an 18-month assemblage bid for battle successful August 2023. Jim Smith, defending, told the court: "He has stated that it should not person happened. This is the biggest aftermath up telephone helium has ever had. He is not going to usage drugs again.

"He has been punished significantly. As a carer for his parent astatine the time, his parent has subsequently passed distant portion helium has been connected remand awaiting his fate. He has been incapable to lend his enactment to the extended household and be his mother's funeral. He knows that the work was connected him to guarantee attraction for his mother. Against that background, helium has his ain intelligence wellness struggles. "

Appearing via video nexus to HMP Liverpool, Brown sat making notes with a pen and insubstantial arsenic helium was jailed for 9 months and handed a two-year restraining order. Sentencing, District Judge John McGarva said: "Any home battle is superior successful nature. Partners are entitled to beryllium treated with emotion and respect, not to beryllium abused and assaulted.

"This is made much superior by the information that you were nether the power of drink, by the determination of the offending and by the information that 2 young children were present. They indispensable person been traumatised by what they saw.

"You were taxable to a assemblage condemnation for a home battle connected different lady. That did not halt this from happening. You are a information to immoderate members of the public.

"This is simply a lawsuit wherever the lone mode that punishment tin beryllium provided is by contiguous custody. The connection has to spell retired to home abusers that the tribunal volition not tolerate this benignant of conduct.

"I ever effort to look astatine the champion successful people, but the [pre-sentence] study highlights existent concerns. There is simply a grade of unfortunate blaming successful your lawsuit and minimisation. I conscionable bash not deliberation that the connection has got done to you, I americium afraid.

"I profoundly regret the information that your mum died erstwhile you were successful custody and that you missed her funeral. That is simply a tragedy. That is simply a effect of you ain conduct."