Groom broke his wife's back in brutal attack just weeks after their wedding - then refused to take her to hospital
23.09.2022 - 14:33
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A violent groom broke his wife's back just weeks after their wedding and then refused to take her to hospital. Jonathan Hall, 45, repeatedly kicked his new wife, Amanda Lomax, who feared she would die as she lay defenceless on the floor.
The horrific attack came weeks after the couple were married. Following two further attacks, Amanda bravely went to the police and is now rebuilding her life after Hall was this week jailed for 27 months.
Mum-of-two Amanda, 51, says: "I had put up with years and years of abuse and I was completely brainwashed. I actually believed the attacks were my fault. Less than a month after we got married, he attacked me and broke my back.
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"Strangely, it was only when my Mum fractured her wrist that the turning point came. I helped her out, driving her around. I realised this was the sort of normal life I didn’t have. I knew then that I had to put a stop to the violence.
"I just hope that my story will reach other women; it’s so important to walk away before it’s too late."
Amanda met Hall, a joiner, six years ago and they began dating. Within months, he had moved into her home in Warrington.
She says: "I had been living in Spain, I had a good job there in sales, but came back to the UK with ill-health. It was a difficult time for me, my confidence was low, and Jonathan really cheered me up.
"He had his own problems, but he seemed kind and caring. We were friends at first and then it got more serious."
But within six months, he had become violent. She says: "He pushed me, and I fell and cut my head on the step. He said it was a complete accident and he had a way of talking that actually made me believe