Ex-councillor's 18 years for trying to murder wife

A erstwhile councillor has been jailed for 18 years for attempting to termination his wife.

Darren Brown, 35, was convicted of attempted execution by a jury after stabbing his woman Corrine astatine their location successful Wildmill, Bridgend, connected 10 July past year.

The tribunal antecedently heard that helium laughed arsenic helium tried to stab his wife to death.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it hoped his woman could "take comfort" that "her hubby has been brought to justice".

Brown, a erstwhile subordinate of Bridgend Town Council, was separated from his woman but remained surviving successful the aforesaid property.

On 10 July 2023 the 2 were arguing erstwhile Brown retrieved a weapon from the room and stabbed his woman doubly successful the backmost arsenic she was trying to settee the baby.

She managed to get into the bath and fastener the doorway but helium kicked the doorway truthful hard it came disconnected its hinges.

She was past stabbed a 3rd clip to the backmost earlier Brown near the spot and drove off.

Initially, her hubby said she had the weapon and helium tried to instrumentality it disconnected her, during which she was injured.

He aboriginal pleaded blameworthy astatine tribunal to wounding with intent but denied attempted murder.

However, helium was convicted of the offence pursuing a trial, aft the assemblage had heard each the evidence.

Hannah West of the CPS said: "Any 1 of the wounds could person been fatal and the grounds we presented to the assemblage demonstrated Brown’s volition was to termination his wife."

She added that she hoped his could "take comfortableness from knowing her hubby has been brought to justness for this appalling attack."