Attacker gets 13 years

A woman ran into the street to escape a man who had punched and stabbed her, a court heard. Richard Weaver, 45, forced the woman to have sex with him several times through the night before she escaped and rang the police. On 3 October 2019, the pair were arguing in a house in Newham. Weaver followed his victim upstairs, verbally abusing her before punching her in the face and stabbing her in the hand with a knife. He then…