A BRUTE WHO CHOKED HIS WIFE AND TRIED TO SMOTHER HER WITH A PILLOW HAS BEEN IMPRISONED FOR 15 MONTHS.
Uldis Strods, 43, admitted attacking the woman at an address on Pitkerro Road in Dundee on an occasion between January 1 2015 and December 31 2016.Despite Strods being a first offender, a sheriff ruled only a jail term was appropriate due to the gravity of the attack.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard how, at the time of the incident, the woman was in the process of trying to separate from Strods.
Between 2 and 3am, she was in bed and Strods, sat on her and grabbed her neck with both hands, restricting her breathing so she was unable to scream for help.
The woman kicked out at Strods, causing him to release his grip.
He grabbed a pillow and shoved it onto her face, smothering her until her father – living with them at the time – appeared.
The woman ran from the property in her pyjamas and sought help from a friend.
She had suffered bruising to her neck, shoulders and chest but did not require medical attention.
Strods, of Inverkeillor, admitted assault.
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told him: “This offence is so serious that in order to adequately express the public’s disapproval of this kind of behaviour, in order to adequately punish you for this crime and in order to deter others in behaving in similar ways, there’s not alternative to a custodial sentence.”
