Naomi Baxter was “head over heels in love” with her abuser Connor MacDonald, from Preston, Lancs, but she was spat at, kicked and punched by him as their relationship turned violent
A young woman who feared she was going to be stabbed to death after her evil ex-boyfriend forced her to kneel in a field after a row has spoken out after he was jailed.
Brave Naomi Baxter said she was “head over heels in love” with abusive Connor MacDonald, 23, who trapped her in a violent relationship for 18 months.
Vile McDonald physically assaulted 22-year-old Ms Baxter on multiple occasions – spitting in her face, kicking her and even punching her.
He told her he would “love” to kill her and put her “six feet under with her dad”, who died when she was just 12.
Preston Crown Court heard how on June 10 last year, Ms Baxter and MacDonald had been rowing over unpaid rent via direct messages on Twitter.
MacDonald threatened to stab Ms Baxter’s family members and demanded she meet him in a nearby field at 5pm or he’d “smash her gaff to pieces”.
But when she looked back at him he had his hand down the back of his joggers where she thought the knife was.
As she ran from the field, he laughed and told her: “You can go but if you do your whole family will die.”
Thankfully, two passers-by found her and the police were alerted.
Ms Baxter, who had been too terrified to confide in family and friends about McDonald’s relentless abuse, said his manipulation went so far she would apologise for “making him” torment her.
He often threatened to murder her family members and, when she tried to leave him, told her he would kill himself.
MacDonald, of Preston, Lancs., was jailed for 12 months on November 13 after pleading guilty to assault and making threats to kill.
Ms Baxter has bravely shared her experience as she said her struggle would not be in vain if it helped “a single other person”.
Naomi, from Kirkham, Lancs., said: “It’s so hard for me to look back – I’m still struggling every day to come to terms with what I experienced
