'Don't let this happen to you': Domestic violence victim releases dramatic pictures of her battered face after a brutal attack by her boyfriend

Victim had fractured cheekbone, broken nose and damaged eye socket

Attacker previously served 10 years for stabbing a teenager to death

Assault was so brutal victim's cousin did not recognise her in hospital



These pictures show the horrific injuries suffered by a young woman when her killer boyfriend attacked her leaving her unrecognisable.



Sinead Noone, 27, said she feared for her life when Derrick Robinson, 50, who served 10 years for stabbing a man to death, launched the brutal attack in Coventry.

She was left with a fractured cheekbone, broken nose and a damaged eye socket after being knocked unconscious.

Now, Miss Noone has spoken out about the assault with the hope that other victims of domestic abuse will come forward.



Sinead Noone was left with horrific facial injuries that left her unrecognisable when her boyfriend attacked her



Miss Noone cannot remember much about the attack and she said that when she regained consciousness Robinson tried to cover up his actions by saying she had hit her head on a table.

He lashed out at Miss Noone a day after Valentine's Day last year after she returned from being out with friends.

Miss Noone suffered a fractured cheekbone, broken nose and a damaged eye socket

He was jailed for 13 years at Leicester Crown Court after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent following a trial.



Describing the attack Miss Noone said: 'I don't know whether it was a fist, a knee or a foot that hit me first. He kept coming and coming - I just curled up in a ball. I lost consciousness then I woke up in bed.

'He thought he could nurse me better. There were three flannels covered in blood next to me. The pictures only show the facial injuries, the rest of my body was black and blue.

'My cousin works at Coventry University Hospital. She didn't recognise me when I came in.



Miss Noone hopes that by speaking about her attack will lead other victims of domestic violence to come forward.



What happened to me isn't just your average black eye,' she said. ' It might start out that way but this is what happens at the end.'



'If you are being abused by a partner you might end up like me, and I was lucky I survived. I'm lucky - it might have been worse. He left me on that bed. I could have had internal injuries, I could have bled to death.

Miss Noone (left) spoke about her ordeal at the hands of convicted killer Derrick Robinson (right) last February



'Before it happens, get out. It doesn't matter if you think it's love or if he;s all you've got, no one should be able to do that and get away with it. I couldn't do that at first but I'm so glad I have now.'

Robinson was jailed in 2001 for ten years for stabbing 18-year-old Leigh Gourlay-Jones to death.

A jury cleared him of murder because he had been provoked but they found him guilty of manslaughter.