Drunken thug who battered OAP in her own bed branded ‘monstrous’ by judge – who then FREED him
Vile Gordon Bell escaped jail despite punching, slapping and headbutting the vulnerable 89-year-old in boozed-up rage
A DRUNK carer who attacked a gran aged 89 in her bed was called “monstrous” by a judge, who then freed him.
Gordon Bell, 42, left the vulnerable pensioner in “pain and terror” after launching the shocking attack when he flew into a rage over a missed call he thought was from his ex.
The court heard Bell’s ex-partner, who he cared for, had gone missing last November and he was hoping to hear from her.
While drunk, he flew into a rage about an unanswered call in case it was from the missing woman.
Prosecutor Jolyon Perks said Bell then took out his anger on the grandma as she rested at home.
Mr Perks said: “While she was in bed, he struck her to the face.
“He slapped her several times.
"He headbutted her, she believes four or five times, to the top of her forehead.
“He punched her to the right cheekbone.
“He then left the bedroom, returning a short while later.
“He then commenced a second assault upon her, which he did by grabbing her by the arms, lifting her from the bed and then hitting her, once, to the side of the head.
“During the course of the physical assault he continued to shout at her about the missing telephone call from his former partner.”
He then left the room for a second time, but came back and continued to be verbally abusive.
Bell, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland, admitted the assault at Newcastle crown court, telling police he was “ashamed and disappointed” by his behaviour but could give no real explanation for it.
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Recorder Jonathan Aitken told him: “I am told you are ashamed, you should be.
“It was a monstrous offence.
“It is inconceivable that you would do this type of thing, yet you have.”
Despite facing up to five years imprisonment, Bell received just a two-year suspended jail term and a restraining order.
Aitken said a short prison sentence “would not mark the gravity of what you have done” and said his good character and remorse meant his jail term could be suspended.