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A Cambridgeshire woman who used a carving knife, lap top computer and mop handle to "viciously" attack her former partner after he broke up with her has been jailed.

Carlene Bennett, 31, started a relationship with her ex-partner, a man in his 60s, three years ago.

Bennet, from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, visited the victim's workplace on August 7, just weeks after the victim ended their relationship.

When she found out he wasn’t there she called him and threatened him by saying: “I will kill you and you won’t know it’s coming.”

Bennett let herself into the victim’s property the next morning while he was outside taking rubbish to the bin.

When she confronted him in the kitchen she swiped a carving knife from a drawer and lashed out at him.

When he tried to defend himself his arms, hands and neck were cut.

He escaped to the living room to call for help on the landline but Bennett followed, grabbed a laptop and hit him around the head with it, causing significant swelling.

Thinking Bennett had gone, the victim fled upstairs to call police but she came back and hit him with a mop handle from the bathroom.

After a struggle, he finally managed to get Bennett away from his house and called for help. When officers arrived at the scene they found him with multiple injuries.

Bennett, of Stow Road, Wisbech, denied GBH without intent but was found guilty following a two-day trial and sentenced to two years and two months in prison at Cambridge Crown Court on Thursday (February 6).

DC Kevin Poole, who investigated, said: “Bennett couldn’t contain her anger that the victim had ended their relationship but her reaction was grossly disproportionate.

“She caused a number of injuries in a vicious and unprovoked attack and I am glad justice has been served.”