MILD-MANNERED CIVIL SERVANT GERARD RANSLEY PLUNGED

MILD-MANNERED CIVIL SERVANT GERARD RANSLEY PLUNGED A
KNIFE INTO HIS LOVER’S BACK AS SHE PACKED HER BAGS TO LEAVE HIM,
A COURT HEARD TODAY (MON).

AND AS 19 YEAR OLD GLORIA BAYORBOR COLLAPSED SCREAMING
FOR HELP, RANSLEY TRIED TO CUT HIS OWN WRISTS WITH A SCALPEL.

INNER LONDON COURT HEARD THE ATTACK CAME AFTER MISS
BAYORBOR TOLD HER BOYFRIEND: “IT’S OVER.

”
AS SHE STOOD WITH HER BACK TO RANSLEY PACKING HER
BELONGINGS “SHE SUDDENLY FELT A PAIN IN HER BACK.

WHEN SHE
TURNED AROUND SHE SAW HIM WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE IN HIS HAND,”
SAID MISS HEATHER HALLETT, PROSECUTING.

MISS HALLETT ADDED: “HE PUSHED HER TO THE FLOOR AND
PUSHED THE KNIFE TOWARDS HER CHEST.

”
AS THE COUPLE STRUGGLED, MISS BAYORBOR’S SCREAMS ALERTED
THE LANDLORD, WHO BURST IN AND OVERPOWERED RANSLEY.

BUT BY THE TIME POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, HE WAS
SPORTING A DEEP CUT TO HIS WRIST WHICH NEEDED 12 STITCHES IN
HOSPITAL, THE COURT HEARD.

HE TOLD DETECTIVES: “I STABBED HER AND THEN TURNED THE
KNIFE ON MYSELF.

SHE WAS TAKING HER THINGS AND I DIDN’T WANT HER
TO GO.

”
RANSLEY, 27, AN H.

M.

S.

O.

CLERK, OF HEPWORTH ROAD,
STREATHAM, ADMITTED WOUNDING HIS GIRLFRIEND ON FEBRUARY 23 THIS
YEAR AT HEPWORTH ROAD.

HE WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS.

THE COURT HEARD THAT ALTHOUGH MISS BAYORBOR NEEDED
SURGERY FOR A BLOOD CLOT ON HER KIDNEY AND AN INCH-DEEP STAB
WOUND, SHE WAS RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL FOUR DAYS LATER AND HAD
MADE A COMPLETE RECOVERY.

DEFENCE
COUNSEL MR A.

ZIMTO SAID OF RANSLEY: “HE IS NOT THE SORT OF MAN
ONE WOULD DESCRIBE AS VIOLENT – HE IS ORDINARILY A QUIET MAN AND
UNLIKELY EVER TO DO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE AGAIN.

“THIS ATTACK HAPPENED WHEN HE WAS UNDER A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF STRESS, AND IT IS CLEAR HE NEEDS TREATMENT.

”
JUDGE BRIAN PRYOR QC ORDERED RANSLEY TO PAY HIS VICTIM
#250 COMPENSATION: “FOR THE CONSIDERABLE PAIN, TERROR AND UPSET
YOU CAUSED HER.

”

ENDS*

J