Poole man tried to kill girlfriend with meat cleaver then fed baby heroin (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Poole man tried to kill girlfriend with meat cleaver then fed baby heroin
11:00am Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News
A POOLE man shot his former girlfriend with a flare gun before savagely attacking her with a meat cleaver and drugging their toddler child, a court heard.
Gillian Blackmore, 27, ran for her life, naked and covered in blood, leaving her 20-month-old daughter inside her home with her ex-partner Roger Weir, who then fed the girl heroin from a syringe into her mouth.
Winchester Crown Court heard how Weir, 45, from Slough Lane, then held the youngster hostage barricaded inside her bedroom where he told police he had a gun and a meat cleaver.
The court was told how Miss Blackmore was found outside the block of flats in Alexander Square, Eastleigh, by her new boyfriend Barry Towler, an off-duty police community support officer.
She was screaming that Weir was going to kill their little girl.
Mr Towler attempted to get into the flat to rescue the child but was stopped by police who had gone inside and found the hallway full of smoke.
They could hear a man shouting: “Don’t come in here or I’ll shoot the baby.”
The smoke had come from Weir shooting a flare which had set fire to the carpet.
The court heard how the ordeal had unfolded in the early hours of Monday, May 7 after Weir had contacted Miss Blackmore to say he was bringing their daughter home early because she wouldn’t settle at his home in Poole.
He turned up just after midnight but then refused to leave the flat after the girl was put to bed.
He showed Miss Blackmore a bullet and a flare gun which he said he could modify to fire the bullet. He also produced a metal police baton and hit her on the legs after telling her he wanted her dead. He warned that if Mr Towler came into the flat “his kids were going to be orphans too”.
The court was told of a “chilling” 999 call which Miss Blackmore made to police while she was being attacked with a meat cleaver across the back of her neck.
She later told police that she recalled Weir firing the gun at her and she felt something in her side.
She escaped after a struggle, in which Weir ripped off her dressing gown, and she ran outside naked.
Eventually a police officer calmed down Weir and he agreed to hand over the child at the flat’s front door. Weir was later found inside having taken drugs and attempted to slash his own wrist.
Weir pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Miss Blackmore and administering a noxious substance to the child.
Sentencing was adjourned until Friday.
Comments(12)
The Renegade Master
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11:51am Tue 9 Oct 12
B.F.G
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11:53am Tue 9 Oct 12
Probable Justice: 18 months
bogtrotter
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12:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
mattkuk
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1:57pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Arthur Maureen
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2:05pm Tue 9 Oct 12
rudolph_hucker
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2:11pm Tue 9 Oct 12
ashleycross
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6:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
gameon
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9:00pm Tue 9 Oct 12
B.F.G wrote:People like this waste of space shouldnt be mixing with the general public who are at risk 24 hrs a day when they are around put him in Rampton or Broadmoor for life but after his brief has told of his remorse and how he wants to turn his life around and hes going to get a job more than likely a rap on the knuckles and a light sentence will suffice and a matter of time before hes let loose to do it all again fill him up with the same syringe that he put in that babys mouth and let him die .Do we know if the Baby recovered from the ordeal ???
Real Justice: Hang him
Probable Justice: 18 months
ScoobyVic
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10:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
I doubt this woman will ever get over this, luckily the child will if she's you g enough and not physically damaged from the drugs she was force fed!
Cheeks22
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8:55am Wed 10 Oct 12
ashleycross wrote:It doesn't actually say he is a "known heroin user" or even a drug user. He could have been a drug dealer or even bought the drugs specifically for his plan to kill Miss Blackmore.
Why on earth do social service leave so many children alone with known heroin users. There is no provision for having to show you are not using before you can be left alone with a child. The attitude of the courts is generally, oh well they'll probably be ok. And because journalists can't get into the courts to report on the care and family court proceedings nothing is ever going to happen to protect these children that drug users still manage to produce.
Either way, the poor excuse of a man needs hanging.
Cheeks22
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8:55am Wed 10 Oct 12
ashleycross wrote:It doesn't actually say he is a "known heroin user" or even a drug user. He could have been a drug dealer or even bought the drugs specifically for his plan to kill Miss Blackmore.
Why on earth do social service leave so many children alone with known heroin users. There is no provision for having to show you are not using before you can be left alone with a child. The attitude of the courts is generally, oh well they'll probably be ok. And because journalists can't get into the courts to report on the care and family court proceedings nothing is ever going to happen to protect these children that drug users still manage to produce.
Either way, the poor excuse of a man needs hanging.
Couchy125 says...
11:45am Tue 9 Oct 12