Mother stabbed and left in coma by brutal boyfriend is JAILED… just because she was too traumatised to testify against him

  • Trial was halted when judge fell ill, but Sacha Williams Rowe felt too traumatised to go over the case again

  • Sent to prison for a week leaving her four children behind

By
Jill Reilly

Last updated at 4:53 PM on 22nd January 2012

Trauma: Sacha Williams-Rowe had been stabbed with a kitchen knife by her partner Lloyd Lothian

Trauma: Sacha Williams-Rowe had been stabbed with a kitchen knife by her partner Lloyd Lothian

A mother of four was sent to prison because she felt too scared to give evidence against her ex-boyfriend who nearly killed her.

Sacha Williams-Rowe had already endured two days testifying against Lloyd Lothian, the father of her children, but his trial for attempted murder collapsed when the judge fell ill.

When a retrial was ordered, Miss Williams-Rowe, 31, faced a second court case but she felt too traumatised to go over the case again, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Instead she asked authorities to use
medical evidence, and her police statements as well as footage of her in
hospital after Lloyd, 35, stabbed her in the stomach with a kitchen
knife.

When she failed to appear Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire Hon Judge The Lord Parmoor issued an arrest warrant.

Miss Williams- Rowe was then held in contempt and sent to prison for a week after she failed to turn up for a second time.

But
she was eventually ready to testify, Lothian was allowed to plead
guilty to a reduced charge of unlawful wounding, rendering her stressful
court experience useless.

Two weeks ago Lothian was sentenced to 15 months – he could have been sentenced to a maximum of five years. 

He will be freed in six weeks due to time he has already served and a ­reduction for his guilty plea.

The stress has left Miss
Williams-Rowe with a skin condition and she has now changed her name
and moved to a new village in the Home Counties.

She told the newspaper she is deeply upset about how she was treated when she felt too traumatised to testify.

He will be freed in six weeks due to time he has already served and a ­reduction for his guilty plea.

She did not press charges because she hoped things would change and had two more children with him.

In
2010 when she went out to collect a takeaway Lothian became agitated
and aggressive because he did not know where she had been and punched
her.

He then pulled her through the house and
into the kitchen where he pulled a knife out of the knife block and she
thought he was going to cut her face.

She said:’ I ran to the back door
but it was locked. I turned and he was stood over me, and I sort of
shrugged, because I knew there was nothing I could do. Then he stuck the
knife in me.’

Miss Williams-Rowe collapsed and
after life-saving surgery, awoke from a coma two days later and told the
police what had happened.

Wounded: Sacha Williams-Rowe was left in a coma after Lloyd Lothian stabbed her in the stomach with a kitchen knife. but when she became too stressed to give evidence against him, she was arrested

Wounded: Sacha Williams-Rowe was left in a coma after Lloyd Lothian stabbed her in the stomach with a kitchen knife. but when she became too stressed to give evidence against him, she was arrested

Lothian’s barrister insisted she had stabbed herself at the first trial in May 2011.

After
it collapsed and was rescheduled for September Miss Williams-Rowe was
told she would need to be ­cross-examined again and she became
distressed.

She
informed her police liaison officer that she didn’t have the strength to
ensure the ordeal again and went directly to a doctor who gave her
medication. But when she returned to home she was arrested.

The judge told she had wasted £8,000
of public funds and she said she would attend the following day, but
when she didn’t, he found her in contempt and remanded her in custody
for a week.

The third
trial began on January 10, and she agreed to give evidence but at court
she was told Lothian had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
Posing for the camera: Using the name Willi Murda or Mr Murdam, Lothian was a rap musician and a social networking site he has posted photos of him posing in gangster poses

Posing for the camera: Using the name Willi Murda or Mr Murdam, Lothian was a rap musician and a social networking site he has posted photos of him posing in gangster poses

Famous face: Rapper Lloyd Lothian (left) poses with JLS boyband member Oritse

Famous face: Rapper Lloyd Lothian (left) poses with JLS boyband member Oritse

Carolyn Oakley of the CPS said to the
newspaper: ‘This was a difficult domestic violence case, and taking
into account all the ­circumstances, the prosecution team in
consultation with the victim ­accepted the plea to unlawful wounding. We
take all reports of domestic violence ­extremely seriously.’

Miss Williams-Rowe said: ‘Why would any ­woman go to the authorities and ask for help when they have to go through that?’

When Miss William-Rowe failed to appear Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire Hon Judge The Lord Parmoor issued an arrest warrant

Trauma: Sacha Williams-Rowe had already endured two days testifying against Lloyd Lothian, but when the judge fell ill the trial collapsed

When Miss William-Rowe failed to appear Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire Hon Judge The Lord Parmoor issued an arrest warrant and when she failed to turn up a second she was held in contempt and sent to prison for a week

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Why do you get a lenient sentence when you have admitted the crime? He has stabbed someone, so being a “Good Boy” and owning up gives him a few weeks in the nick. This country is completely screwed up just like the justice system. Now he will be a scrounger off the state.

This case illustrates the fact that the British legal system is there to benefit judges, lawyers and those working in it. Why can’t we have a justice system instead?

This is disgusting!
What is also disgusting is some of the comments making out she is in some way to blame due to her choice of man. Obviously she ‘had it coming’?! Ridiculous.

No sympathy whatsoever for this silly woman!

What happened to the first judge who fell ill? Once must have been bad enough to go through this type of questioning.

Thats just awful!?! Something must be missing because I don’t understand how he got off with a few months from what I’ve read here!!!

She wasted police time and taxpayers money so her punishment was justified. Why did she go to the effort of changing her name and moving to then plaster her face all over the papers?

Maybe if the justice system did more to protect victims (instead of criminals), they wouldn’t be so afraid to testify.

this is just unbelievable ! 6 weeks ??? why did she bother ?
and we all know his rights must be protected and he will have to be able to see his kids of course ?
she will never escape him i feel sorry for her and the law will ALWAYS side with him

Time once again for the game of “Blame the Victim”. Just like here.

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