A man has been jailed for attempting to murder his then partner in a Wakefield street in April this year.<br /><br />Benjamin Swindells, aged 30, of no fixed abode, was found guilty following a trial at Leeds Crown Court of attempted murder.<br /><br />He was sentenced today (Friday, 20 December) to 23 years imprisonment, with an extended licence period of four years.<br /><br />The offence happened in the early hours of Saturday, 13 April, outside the Tesco Express at the junction of Sparable Lane and Barnsley Road, Wakefield.<br /><br />It was reported into police by a witness who saw a man, later identified as Swindells, kicking the female victim repeatedly to the head. At one point Swindells moved away from the victim to smoke a cigarette but then returned and attempted to pull the victim up to her feet by her hair before banging her head on the floor and continuing to kick her. <br /><br />When officers attended, they found Swindells sat on the floor cradling the victim who was unconscious. Officers had to pull him away from the victim.<br /><br />Body worn video footage played in court showed him repeatedly shouting out to the victim and screaming at arresting officers to “kill him”.
