Father 'forced gun into wife's mouth' Court told of man's threats to kill.Byline: BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff A FATHER-OF-SIX from Liverpool forced a gun into his wife's mouth and threatened to kill her and chop up Verb 1. chop up - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat" chop hash - chop up; "hash the potatoes" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" mince - cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic" her body, a jury has heard. Christopher Faulkner is accused of repeatedly assaulting his partner of 17 years, before kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. her and taking her on an hour-long nightmare journey. Liverpool Crown Court heard the alleged attack began after the 35-year-old flew into a jealous rage after accusing his wife Patricia of having an affair. Faulkner, of Stevenson Street, Wavertree, is alleged to have grabbed her by the throat, before producing a gun from the back of his trousers. A jury was told he then jammed the weapon - which was later found to be an imitation - into her mouth, screaming insults and threatening to kill her. Neville Biddle, prosecuting, said Mrs Faulkner was so terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. of her husband she wet herself. Most of the couple's children were also in the house during the attack on August 28, last year. When Faulkner suddenly calmed down Mrs Faulkner went to get changed, but her husband's violent attack was far from over, the court heard. Minutes later he is accused of throwing her on to the sofa, before sticking the gun to her head, screaming "I'm going to f****** kill you, then I'm going to chop See channel op. 1. CHOP - channel op 2. (language, tool) Chop - A code generator by Alan L. Wendt <wendt@CS.ColoState.EDU> for the lcc C compiler front end. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's lcc front end. your body up." Mr Biddle said Faulkner then dragged his wife into his van and drove round with her - all the time threatening to kill her. He added: "He was shouting: 'You're not going anywhere, you're going to die'. "This went on for an or so, with him driving her around in the van. At one stage he grabbed her by the neck so hard she lost her vision. "He was screaming 'You're going to die, I'm going to chop you up." The couple later returned home, but violence broke out on two further occasions when Faulkner is accused of punching and kicking his wife. Faulkner denies seven counts, including kidnapping, three charges of causing actual bodily harm The medical idea of (grievous) bodily harm is more specific than legal ideas of assault or violence in general, and distinct from property damage. It refers to lasting harm done to the body, human or otherwise, although in its legal sense it is exclusively defined as lasting , possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and two counts of threatening to kill. The case continues. Alleged to have grabbed her by the throat |
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