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Man assaulted, strangled and stole from woman in three-year period of abuse
Leicester Mercury
|June 22, 2026
A MAN assaulted, strangled and stole from a woman over a three-year period.
Tom Horn’s offences occurred in Leicestershire between March 2022 and December 2025.
He assaulted the victim, slammed a door on her foot, damaged property that belonged to her, as well as stealing her money.
The 33-year-old, right, pleaded guilty to three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of intentional strangulation, one count of intentional suffocation, and one count of controlling and coercive behaviour.
Horn was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court, where he was jailed for 32 months.
This story is from the June 22, 2026 edition of Leicester Mercury.
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