A MAN has been jailed for six and a half years for a catalogue of offences including trying to strangle a former partner and stabbing her in the legs with a curtain pole.

Aneeze Williamson was today brought to Bradford Crown Court from HMP Leeds to be sentenced for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, causing actual bodily harm, dangerous driving in a police chase across Bradford, and an affray.

Prosecutor Caroline Abraham said the first offences in time were the dangerous driving on July 23, 2020, failing to provide a specimen and driving uninsured and without a licence.

Williamson, 29, of West Royd Drive, Shipley, was seen at the wheel of a white Ford Focus in Bradford at 3.50pm. He had three passengers on board and the car was in a state of disrepair.

He failed to stop for the police and led them on a four-mile high-speed pursuit on roads including Bowling Old Lane, Ripley Street, Wakefield Road and Shipley Airedale Road.

Miss Abraham said he drove on the wrong side of the road and the wrong way round a roundabout, drifted right across the carriageway and struck the kerb in the car that was ‘rocking in the road’ at one point. He was arrested after hitting two vehicles.

Williamson’s next offence was an affray on August 14, 2020. It was committed with others, including Lee Hayton, 35, who lives at a separate address in West Royd Drive. He was today spared an immediate prison sentence for the ‘one-off’ incident.

Miss Abraham said a series of fights broke out in Bingley town centre late at night. CCTV showed the defendants attacking a man who did not report the offence.

Then, at 4am on January 26 last year, Williamson launched an alcohol and cocaine fuelled attack on his then partner.

He tried to strangle her, threw her to the floor, kicked her in the head and stabbed her legs with a curtain pole. She sustained multiple injuries that included swelling and bruising to her head and wounds to her legs.

He then attacked a young man at a separate address, hitting him with his fist and an antique firearm and smashing up his property. The victim’s injuries included a broken nose and cut to the top of his head.

Williamson had 33 previous convictions for 53 offences, including matters of violence and dishonesty.

His barrister, Jeremy Barton, said he had pleaded guilty to all the offences.

While in custody, he had done everything he could to address his offending behaviour. He had gained 11 certificates for a range of courses, including domestic violence and drugs.

He was testing negative for all illicit substances and he had signed up to be a ‘listener’ on 24-hour call to help other inmates. All this showed that he was trying his best to change his ways.

Williamson had ADHD and other health issues and he was now taking his medication and engaging with services to assist him.

“These are big steps forward,” Mr Barton said.

In mitigation for Hayton, it was stated that he was the first defendant to plead guilty to the affray and that reflected his very genuine remorse.

It was a ‘one-off’ while he was out celebrating the birth of a child. He didn’t usually drink and accepted that he should have known better.

The offence was more than two years old the delay had caused him a lot of stress and worry. He was a hardworking roofer and the father of five children.

Recorder Tahir Khan QC said Williamson had committed three sets of offences, the most serious being the wounding with intent. He had taken into account the good work he had done in prison when sentencing him.

The Section 18 was a serious assault; Williamson had tried to strangle the woman and then attacked her with a pole. He was jailed for four years, with 18 months to run con-secutively for attacking the young man.

He was jailed for eight month to run concurrently for the affray.

But the dangerous driving was very serious. It was fortunate that no one was injured. He was jailed for 12 months to run consecutively, making a total sentence of six and a half years, and banned from driving for three years and three months.

Recorder Khan made a restraining order without limit of time banning him from contacting the woman.

Hayton was sentenced to eight months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with 150 hours of unpaid work. He must attend up to ten rehabilitation activity days and an accredited programme called Resolve.