Jilted Cheltenham man attacks rival lover in jealous rage
JILTED Ian Omondi forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's home and attacked her and her new boyfriend in a frenzy of "passion and jealousy".
The 19-year-old saw "the red mist" when he realised Nina Marquitta-Betteridge was at home with her new boyfriend Mohammed Miah.
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SPARED JAIL: Ian Omondi admitted causing actual bodily harm
Gloucester Crown Court was told Omondi smashed up Mr Miah's car before repeatedly hitting him so hard that he broke bones in his hands.
He then went on to attack his ex-girlfriend by biting her and hitting her round the head with a broom.
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Omondi, of Howell Road, Springbank, Cheltenham, pleaded guilty to causing both Mr Miah and Ms Marquetta-Betteridge actual bodily harm.
He admitted criminal damage to her door and to Mr Miah's car.
But he escaped a prison sentence as he was said to have "a promising future".
Prosecutor Christopher Smyth said Ms Marquitta-Betteridge had split up with Omondi two months earlier and had been seeing Mr Miah for three weeks.
In the early hours of April 28, Omondi phoned his ex-girlfriend and asked her to give him another chance.
"Are you sure you don't want to be with me," he said.
Omondi kept ringing back and she did not answer – then she heard loud banging at her door.
Mr Smyth said Omondi smashed up Mr Miah's VW Polo car on the driveway before forcing the door open and bursting into the house.
Omondi pointed at Mr Miah, who was on the sofa, and shouted "You're going to get what's coming. She's my girlfriend. How could you do this?"
Omondi punched Mr Miah up to eight times in the face, so hard that he broke bones in both hands.
Mr Miah eventually managed to flee, then Omondi turned to Ms Marquitta-Betteridge and said: "Don't think you can get away with it."
He threw her onto the sofa, allegedly bit her left cheek and asked: "Why are you with an Asian? You are dirty."
He then picked up a broom and swung it at her, hitting her on the head, the court heard.
Sabhia Pathan, defending, said Omondi had never offended before. She said he had "a promising future" as he was due to start an HND Business Studies course at Manchester Metropolitan University.
"I would say this incident was fuelled by passion and jealousy," she said.
"When he saw Mr Miah he essentially saw the red mist and went inside and punched him seven or eight times."
Recorder Stephen Hall said Omondi was guilty of "gratuitous and quite disgraceful violence" and his assaults had been "significant and serious".
He placed Omondi under supervision for 18 months and ordered him to pay £250 compensation each to the two victims within six months.
Comments
by elgoog
Thursday, September 13 2012, 5:08PM
“http://tinyurl.com/9zyz56x”
by bonzaharris1
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 10:41PM
“Run it, or Ian Ormondi as it is in person. Don't care tuppence on whether she cheated on you or not. Cheating is immoral, but is not a criminal offence. What is a criminal offence is beating up someone, no matter the reason, other possibly than self defence [which was not the case], and taking a broom to the ex girlfriends head. If she cheated on you, then you should be glad to be rid. Perhaps this was revenge. either way it is not acceptable. My first husband cheated on me several times. Rather than take out a contract out on him, I divorced him and got on with my life. I suggest you do the same, plenty more fish in the sea as they say. I am now happily re-married to a man who will never cheat on me.”
by run-it
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 10:32PM
“or maybe she was a cheating type and all her comments in her statement were all lies to make her look good rather than being presented as the girl who was caught cheating. you people should not judge until you know the whole story behind the scenes.”
by run-it
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 10:29PM
“or maybe she was a cheating type and all her comments in her statement were all lies to make her look good rather than being presented as the girl who was caught cheating. you people should not judge until you know the whole story behind the scenes. big up to Ian”
by bonzaharris1
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 5:14PM
“What is the matter with these lunatics, that they cannot accept that someone has a right to break off a relationship with them. Nina Marquitta-Betteridge evidentely had made the right decision, if she stayed or went back to him she may well have become his punchbag as he cannot seem to control his temper. As for not jailing Omondi because of his "promising future". He should have thought about that before committing violence. Omondi should have been jailed, this just sends out the message that its ok to batter your girlfriend, when she ends your relationship, and moves on in life. Pity Omondi didn't do the same. Yes Gallopingbear, his racist comment seems to have been completely ignored. Considering that remark, perhaps they should have treated Mr Miah's attack as racist as Omondi seems to have a problem with Asians.”
by LordGagas
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 3:10PM
“its a joke, that bloke the other day duped a newspaper and got 6 years”
by Justica
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 2:46PM
“The victims must be really heartened by the sentence. As Omondi has a 'promising future', a warning to prospective employers - don't question why he is late or make a mistake with his wages - he has proved he is very volatile and you might regret it.”
by Douglasknows
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 12:14PM
“I feel sorry for the ex-girlfriend because her new boyfriend ran out and left her in the hands of this sadistic brute. She sure knows how to pick them.”
by gallopingbear
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 10:52AM
“He also said "Why are you with an Asian? You are dirty." during the attack, so why wasn't it also treated as a racial attack? I'm sure if he was white he would have been sent to prison. He got let off. Ridiculous sentence. The victims have been treated apallingly by this judge.”
by CaptCX
Wednesday, September 12 2012, 10:34AM
“We are living in times where the phrase 'Human Rights' are often heard, frequently in conjunction with someone who has done something wrong.
In committing his crime, Omondi has demonstrated that he regards women as objects, which he has the right to 'own' and also that, should someone displease him, he is capable of such extreme rage, that he will break his own bones in order to inflict pain and injury upon his victim.
So here is my question:
If, after having received this joke of a sentence, Omondi re-offends and causes injury to other victims, why shouldn't they be able to sue the judge for infringing their human right to live in a society where they are protected from violent criminals?”