Victim8217
s
fur
y
as
knife
attacker
let
off
with
cautionBY
LA
URA
HANNAM
laura.hann
am@mk-news
.co.uk
THE
victim
of
a
knife
attack
on
his
ow
n
doorstep
is
fur
ious
police
hav
e
not
taken
the
per-
son
re
sponsible
to
cour
t.
In
stead
the
woman
was
given
a
caution
and
made
to
say
sorr
y.
Ma
rk
Wo
ods
,
fr
om
Eddington
Co
ur
t,
Emerson
Va
lley
claims
he
was
attac
ked
by
a
woman
with
a
four
-inch-long
serr
ated
kitchen
knife
in
the
early
hours
of
Fr
iday
,
Ju
ne
20.
He
said
he
and
his
wife
wer
e
woken
at
ar
ound
4am
by
some-
one
banging
on
their
front
door
.
8220I
only
opened
the
door
at
four
in
the
mor
ning
as
I
thought
she
must
be
in
tr
ouble
,8221
he
said.
8220I
opened
it
and
she
ra
ised
a
knife
up
and
we
nt
to
war
ds
me
.
8220I
tr
ied
to
close
the
door
,
ther
e
was
a
str
uggle
for
about
ten
sec-
onds
then
I
managed
it.
8220S
he
was
hacking
at
the
UPV
C
door
.
Ther
e
ar
e
chunks
missing.
8220S
he
was
tr
ying
to
for
ce
her
way
in.
8220I
ser
iously
thought
she
was
going
to
stab
me
.8221
Mr
Wo
ods
8217
par
tner
Lisa
called
the
police
,
who
sent
an
ar
med
re
sponse
to
the
scene
.
The
woman
was
arr
ested,
but
was
later
re
leased
with
a
condi-
tional
caution
and
asked
that
she
wr
ite
an
apology
to
Mr
Wo
ods
and
buy
him
a
new
fr
ont
door
.
Bu
t
Mr
Wo
ods
,
a
softwar
e
engi-
neer
who
has
lived
in
Emers
on
Va
lley
for
mor
e
than
five
ye
ars
,
says
this
is
not
enoug
h
and
has
sent
a
for
mal
complaint
to
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
and
the
Cro
wn
Pr
osecution
Se
rv
ice
.
8220I
was
astounded,
yo
u
do
not
expect
that
to
happen
with
such
a
ser
ious
case
,8221
he
said.
8220O
ne
of
the
char
ges
she
was
cautioned
for
,
having
a
bladed
ar
ticle
in
public,
yo
u
can
get
up
for
four
ye
ars
in
pr
ison
for
.8221
He
said
he
is
horr
ified
nothing
has
been
done
to
stop
it
happen-
ing
again.
8220I
t
was
totally
ra
ndom,
I
have
had
nothing
to
do
with
this
woman.
It
could
have
happened
to
anyo
ne
.
8220T
her
e
ar
e
yo
ung
families
and
shelter
ed
accommodation
for
old
people
in
this
ar
ea,
it
could
have
been
much
worse
.8221
8220I
don
8217t
think
the
police
and
the
CPS
ar
e
taking
their
duty
to
pro-
tect
the
community
ser
iously
.8221
A
spokesman
for
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
said:
8220E
ach
incident
re
por
ted
to
us
is
thor
oughly
assessed
to
identify
the
appr
o-
pr
iate
action
to
be
taken.
8220T
he
decision
on
whether
to
char
ge
someone
or
not
is
made
on
a
case-b
y-
case
basis
taking
numer
ous
factors
into
account.
8220W
e
wor
k
within
the
guidelines
set
do
wn
by
the
Go
ver
nment
and
in
some
cases
take
advice
and
guidance
fr
om
the
Cro
wn
Pr
osecution
Se
rv
ice
(CPS).
8220W
e
do
take
complaints
about
our
ser
vice
ser
iously
and
do
have
a
proper
pr
ocess
for
deal-
ing
with
them.
8220A
ny
one
with
complaints
about
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
should
contact
our
Quality
of
Se
rv
ice
Un
it
via
email
at
QoSU
nit@thamesvalley
.pnn.poli
ce
.uk
or
in
wr
iting
to
the
Qu
ality
of
Se
rv
ice
Un
it,
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
HQ,
Oxfor
d
Ro
ad,
Ki
dlington,
Oxfor
d,
OX
5
2NX.
8221
Victim
Mark
Wo
ods
st
ands
by
his
door
with
the
knif
e
holes
st
ill
in
itAttacker
aw
aits
sentence
after
lea
ving
man
blind
in
both
eyesA
MAN
has
pleaded
guilty
to
blinding
another
man
in
both
eyes.
Be
njamin
Gi
bson,
22,
fr
om
Pe
rm
ayne,
Ne
w
Br
adw
ell,
assaulted
the
man
in
the
ear
ly
hours
of
Fr
iday
Ap
ri
l
18.
The
victim
suffer
ed
extensiv
e
injur
ies
to
his
eyes
and
stab
wo
unds
to
his
neck
and
body
.
The
8216vicious
attack
8217i
s
thought
to
hav
e
follo
we
d
an
argume
nt
at
Gi
bson
8217s
home.
Gi
bson
pleaded
guilty
to
gr
iev
ous
bodily
har
m
with
intent
at
Lu
ton
Cro
wn
Co
ur
t
on
Mo
nday
and
has
been
re
manded
in
custody
.H
e
will
re
tur
n
to
cour
t
on
Au
gust
22
for
sentencing.
Detectiv
e
Co
nstable
Ia
in
O8217K
ane,
who
led
the
inv
estigation,
said:
8220T
his
was
a
vicious
attack
which
has
depr
iv
ed
a
young
man
of
his
sight
.
8220T
he
victim
and
his
family
hav
e
had
to
come
to
ter
ms
with
the
fact
that
he
will
spend
the
re
st
of
this
life
blind
in
both
eyes.
Clear
ly
this
has
left
them
dev
astated.
8220T
he
officers
inv
olv
ed
in
the
sear
ch
for
Be
njamin
Gi
bson
acted
extr
emely
quickly
and
arr
ested
the
suspect
within
hours
of
the
assault
taking
place.
8220W
e
ar
e
pleased
that
Gi
bson
sav
ed
his
victim
and
the
family
fr
om
any
fur
ther
trauma
by
pleading
guilty
to
the
offence.
8220H
e
must
no
w
re
flect
on
all
the
pain
he
has
caused
and
the
lasting
affect
his
actions
hav
e
had
on
the
victim
8217s
life.
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