Man made chilling threat to woman he met on a night out

PAIR HAD JUST MET WHEN IT TURNED NASTY

- By MARK NAYLOR

A DRINK-fuelled night out turned nasty when a man suddenly warned an unsuspecting woman "I could snap your neck" before strangling her during a "terrifying" confrontation in her home.

They had only just met that night and got talking to each other while out socialising but things went badly wrong when they later ended up at her home, Hull Crown Court heard.

Paul Ashurst, 37, of Rothesay Close, off Southcoates Lane, east Hull, admitted an offence of intentional strangulation on August 27, 2023. He pleaded guilty on the day of a scheduled trial.

Amber Hobson, prosecuting, said that the woman was at a pub in Holderness Road, east Hull, with her partner and his family. Ashurst ended up talking to her and members of her group. They left the pub at the same time.