A Redditch man who threatened to kill his partner whilst brandishing a knife during a drunken argument in the street has been jailed.
Parmjit Thami said “I’ll f***ing slash her” and “She’s going to be murdered in 20 seconds,” before counting down from 20, during the incident in Harefield Road, Coventry, in September, last year. He also told a police officer “She had better watch out, I’ll f*** her up.”
The 41-year-old had originally denied charges of assault by beating, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and making threats to kill. But the former soldier, who had been injured in active service, changed his pleas to guilty on the day of his trial last month.
Thami was jailed for two years and three months at Warwick Crown Court.
Prosecutor Paul Mytton said the incident took place while Thami and his partner, with whom he had been in a relationship for about five months, were living in Coventry.
The victim said there were problems because of Thami’s drinking, and by the morning of the incident she was planning to leave. There was an incident between them in the house, during which Thami admits pushing her, and things then moved out into the street, with a friend of theirs trying to calm things down, the court heard.
The incident was also witnessed by a group of students who recorded what was happening on their mobile phones from the window of their accommodation.
The police were alerted and Thami, who had previous convictions for offences including producing drugs and driving with excess alcohol, was arrested at the scene. He accepted there had been an argument in the street, but denied assaulting her or making threats, said Mr Mytton.
