Thug 'lost all self control' pouring bleach over ex-girlfriend after she cut his clothes up

Esther Halligan

17 November 2024 at 6:21 am·2-min read

Christopher Hey, 37, was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court — -Credit: (Image: Cleveland Police)

A thug who "lost all self control" after his ex-partner cut his clothes up, poured bleach over her and her home.

Christopher Hey's ex delivered his destroyed outfits to his new place in Hartlepool, after their 12-year relationship ended. Teesside Crown Court heard that the woman had become frustrated after seeing a Facebook post that Hey had written, claiming she was lying about being pregnant with his baby.

Hey, 37, followed his ex home on June 4, after she had delivered his clothes, and banged on her doors and windows. The woman locked herself inside, but Hey kicked her front door in.

High on cocaine and alcohol, he poured bleach all over her house and over her back, before pushing her into the television, the court heard. Hey, of Topcliffe Street in Hartlepool, later pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal damage.

He has previous convictions for two house burglaries; battery and criminal damage. On Friday, he appeared at Teesside Crown Court on video link from HMP Leeds.

His barrister Stephen Constantine, said that what he had done was "effectively an over reaction to the victim cutting his clothes up". The Middlesbrough court heard that Hey is now sober, after spending the last five months on remand.

Mr Constantine said that his client renovates houses for a living "and he'll go back to doing that when he's released". Judge Jonathan Carroll told Hey: "There was a dispute between you both.

"She cut up your clothing and took it to where you were staying. You lost all self control.

"She must have been terrified, as you poured bleach all over her home and over her. Bleach can cause serious harm to eyesight." Hey was jailed for 34-months.

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