My jealous ex brutally attacked me with boiling gravy just because I spent ‘too much time’ with my dying dad

SITTING by her dad's bedside arsenic helium took his last breaths, Shannon Mullan was incapable to absorption wholly connected her grief.

Shannon's caput was alternatively fixed connected however conscionable 3 days earlier, her ex-partner had flown into a convulsive rage each due to the fact that she wanted to walk clip with her dying dad.

Cruel Phillip Hill told her: “Your dada has had 60 years. You should walk your clip with me.”

In the horrific onslaught which happened conscionable 72 hours earlier Shannon’s dada Ben passed away, Hill strangled the mum of his children and doused her successful boiling blistery gravy.

Now, arsenic Hill starts a situation term, mum-of-four Shannon, 29, recalls: “I was truthful adjacent to my Dad, and I wanted to look aft him successful his dying days. 

“But each clip I took him to hospital, oregon I went to spot him, Phillip complained. He was truthful controlling; helium didn’t similar maine to bash thing which didn’t impact him.

“It is specified a alleviation to person him retired of my life, but I volition ne'er forgive him for ruining my last days with my dad."

Shannon and Hill met connected a nighttime retired successful Mold, Wales, 5 years agone and Shannon says she liked him from the off.

He lavished her with gifts and bonded with her lad from a erstwhile relationship, arsenic good arsenic her family.

“Philip was generous and kind, helium took maine out, bought maine flowers and chocolates and caller dresses," says Shannon.

“He’d bargain maine perfumes and make-up and helium booked bully restaurants and days out. He treated maine truthful well. I had a young son, and helium was large with him.

“He had his ain place, a bully occupation arsenic a joiner, and helium seemed similar the cleanable antheral for me.  

“As a azygous mum, I wasn’t utilized to idiosyncratic putting maine first, and it was truly nice. My parents met him, and they loved him too.”

The mates went connected to person 3 children together. 

But it was during her gestation with their 2nd kid that Shannon noticed a alteration successful Hill.

She explains: “He became irritable and picky.

“He didn’t similar maine seeing my friends and household and I became precise lonely and isolated without truly realising. 

“Phillip had tons of rules, and 1 of them was that I had to walk a play of clip with him connected my ain each day. 

“It wasn’t ever practical; we had 4 young children, and his demands became precise draining.

“He was drinking heavily, and past helium mislaid his job. I felt I couldn’t header with it immoderate longer.”

It was successful March 2023, erstwhile Shannon’s dada was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.

Shannon wanted to beryllium determination for her dada who already had concerns astir his daughter's partner.

She says: “I americium truly adjacent to my family, I unrecorded connected the aforesaid thoroughfare arsenic my parents and saw them each day, often down Phillip’s back. 

“Dad was brilliant, doing schoolhouse runs and baby-sitting. I relied connected him, and we got connected truthful well. We had the aforesaid consciousness of humour.

“Dad saw earlier I did that Phillip was nary bully for me; helium noticed I was quiescent and withdrawn. But helium tried not to accidental excessively much, due to the fact that helium didn’t privation to origin maine immoderate problems.”

Shannon was capable to interruption distant from Hill soon aft her dada was diagnosed but helium was persistent.

“After Dad came location from the infirmary with the diagnosis, I went to my parents’, and we were each ammunition shocked,” she says.

“But adjacent connected that day, Phillip was calling me, insisting I went location due to the fact that helium needed me.

“I was appalled and I asked him to permission soon after. My parents were relieved.”

The mates were isolated for 9 months but aboriginal successful 2024 they decided to springiness their narration different go.

Shannon was keen to support her household unneurotic whilst helping attraction for her dad.

She says: “Phillip promised he’d changed, and I wanted to springiness our household a chance, for the children. 

“By this time, Dad was precise poorly. The crab had spread, and his attraction wasn’t working. It was stressful and I was helping retired arsenic overmuch arsenic I could.

“Phillip was good for a fewer weeks but past helium began complaining astir maine taking Dad to his infirmary appointments oregon moving errands for him.

“He didn’t adjacent similar maine messaging due to the fact that helium said I was connected my telephone and not afloat contiguous for him.

“My mum is disabled, my 2 brothers enactment full-time, and truthful I was the lone 1 adjacent with a car. Dad needed me.”

By August this year, Ben, 66, was reaching his last days but arsenic her dad's information deteriorated, Hill made beingness adjacent harder for Shannon.

Three days earlier Ben passed away, Hill carried retired the brutal attack.

“I had to cod a medicine for Dad earlier the chemist closed," Shannon recalls of that night.

“We had a roast meal cooking and Phillip flew into a rage, saying I thought much of my dada than I did of him, and I should beryllium staying astatine location with my family.

“He threw a cookware of blistery gravy each implicit maine but I was truthful focused connected getting to the chemist, I conscionable changed my apparel and ran out.”

Pinned to the floor

When Shannon returned home, the connect escalated.

Phillip accused her again of neglecting him and pinned her down connected the room level with his hands astir her neck.

She says: “He was shouting that I’d had years with Dad and I needed to prioritise him and the household instead. 

“He threw maine against the room cupboards past shoved maine to the level and pinned my arms by my sides. 

“He had his hands astir my neck, and helium was strangling me. For a fewer moments I thought helium was going to termination me, it was truthful scary.

“When helium fto go, I tried to wriggle free. He abruptly seemed to travel to his senses, and I was capable to tally away."

Shannon scrambled to a neighbour's location for assistance and successful the meantime it was Philip himself who called the constabulary admitting what he'd done.

Shannon adds: “He was arrested, but I could hardly deliberation astir it. I was truthful upset astir Dad, who had truly deteriorated.”

At her dying father’s bedside, Shannon was distracted with calls from the constabulary and payment services.

She says: “Even then, successful his last moments, Phillip managed to marque it each astir him. I tin ne'er forgive him for that. It broke my bosom to suffer my dad.

“It was horrendous, trying to program a ceremonial and header with my grief, arsenic good arsenic facing the tribunal case. 

“But contempt everything, I americium gladsome I saw this through.”

An 'appalling picture'

Phillip Hill, 33, appeared astatine Mold Crown Court past period and was jailed for 15 months, having antecedently admitted communal assault, intentional strangulation and battle by beating. 

He was besides handed a five-year restraining order.

Prosecutor Anna Price said Hill “appeared to person an contented with the magnitude of attention” Shannon was giving to her terminally-ill begetter alternatively than him.

During sentencing, Judge Rhys Rowlands added: “What an perfectly appalling picture. He’s alert that his spouse is having to woody with the tragic extremity of beingness of her father.

“I’m genuinely appalled astatine however radical tin behave astatine times.

“She indispensable person been terribly vulnerable, and nether a immense grade of stress.”

Shannon says that portion she tin ne'er get backmost those last moments with her dad, she knows he's arrogant of however she's since moved connected with her life.

She adds: “I miss Dad each day, but I cognize helium would beryllium arrogant to spot maine coping well, with my children, and looking to the future."