'Monster' ex hid in bushes and slashed my throat and face... he's taken everything from me

HORRIFYING ATTACK WAS CAUGHT ON DOORBELL CAMERA

- By KATY HALLAM & EMMA DUNN

A WOMAN caught the moment her ex slashed her throat on her doorbell camera after he hid in the bushes and waited for her to leave her home.

Rosie Niessen, 28, left for work as a prison officer when her ex-partner, Simon Scrimshaw, then 50, came up behind her, wielding a Stanley knife.

He slashed her throat and hacked her face, neck and hands as she fought back. Luckily Rosie's dad, Roberto Niessen, 55, a doorman, heard her screams and came to her rescue, but suffered a gash on his leg.

Scrimshaw was found guilty in January 2024 of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm and sentenced to 28 years in prison at Nottingham Crown Court.

Rosie, who is now out of work, from Hucknall, said: "He hid in the bushes for 40 minutes. What kind of person does that?

"I could hear rustling. I was in shock. I went to turn around and he grabbed my head, pulled it back and sliced my neck. He took me down to the floor."