Man said he wanted to 'eat his ex-girlfriend and show severed head' to police

An inmate told prison staff he wanted eat his ex-girlfriend and bring her severed head into a police station, a court has heard.

Prisoner George Farrell, 28, previously of Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, told officials he wanted to kill his former partner and cut off her head, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Farrell, who had already been serving a four-year sentence for burglary offences against his ex, was found guilty of making threats to kill.

He made his shocking threats in an assessment meeting with officials at HMP Northumberland.

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Prosecutor Stuart Graham told Newcastle Crown Court: "He [Farrell] talked openly about blaming his ex-partner for him being in prison.

"He stated he wanted to kill her by eating parts of her.

"Further, he claimed he wished to take her severed head to the police station, so that he could go to prison for something he had done.

"He also said he would kill his mother and daughter so they wouldn't have to know the person he had become."

Farrell denied making threats to kill and claimed what he had said had been "misconstrued" but was found guilty by a jury after a trial.

Judge Amanda Rippon said: "I am quite satisfied when he said it, he meant it.

"If he had been free to hurt her she would have been in serious difficulty, serious trouble."

Judge Rippon said Farrell should be classified as a dangerous offender and sentenced him to five years behind bars with a four-year extended licence period.

The judge told him: "You told people in the room you were going to kill her by eating parts of her and would cut her head off and take it to the police station so you could be sentenced for something you had actually done."

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Judge Rippon said the threats were taken "very seriously indeed" and the victim, who was informed of what happened, suffered significant distress and psychological harm.

The judge said she accepted the threats were not made directly to the victim but that Farrell knew she would have to be told about them.

The court heard that since 2017 Farrell has committed offences of possessing a bladed article, assault, breach of restraining order and burglaries in relation to the same victim.

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