Scots monster caged for slashing girlfriend then ripping stitches out with his teeth

Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleDaily Record, The / Sunday Mail: Web Edition Articles (Scotland)
Euan Walker assaulted her “on a daily basis” during a horrific campaign ofdomestic abuse.

He punched, kicked, slashed, bit and choked terrified Antonia Gillespie and held her head under water as she was having a bath.

Hamilton Sheriff Courtheard that on one occasion the thug shoved her face into dog faeces.

Despite her ordeal, brave Antonia, 21, insisted: “He did not win. I’m a survivor, not a victim.”

Walker, 27, admitted assaulting Antonia and directing an abusive course of conduct against her between May 2018 and July last year.

The attacks happened in Hamilton and Uddingston, Lanarkshire, and at the holiday home of Walker’s parents in Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.

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Walker also admitted assault and abusive behaviour towards a previous girlfriend.

Jailing him, Sheriff Andrew McIntyre said: “The charges disclose a concerted and relentless campaign of abuse against two women. It involved repeated acts of serious violence, controlling behaviour and numerous offences that harmed, degraded and humiliated these women.

“It’s abuse of the most serious kind to be prosecuted in the sheriff court. It’s plain that you represent a serious danger to the public, particularly women with whom you form a relationship.”

Walker will be supervised for two years on his release from prison and the sheriff imposed non-harassment orders, banning him from contacting the victims indefinitely.

Jennifer Cunningham, prosecuting, said Walker and Antonia had a “turbulent” relationship that lasted 19 months.

Walker was jailed in 2019 for assaulting her but they reunited afterwards.

The court heard how Walker bit Antonia repeatedly including once on the nose, pulling out her nose ring. She went to hospital several times and was once given an advice card by nurses who suspected she was a domestic abuse victim.

Ms Cunningham said: “The accused found the card then punched her repeatedly on the face.

“His pet dog was so distressed by this that it defecated on the living room floor.

“Walker forced his girlfriend’s face into the excrement, held her up to a...

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