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Roger Weir jailed for giving baby heroin and attempted murder of ex-partner | |
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A man who injected heroin into the mouth of his baby daughter and tried to murder the child's mother has been jailed for 18 years. | A man who injected heroin into the mouth of his baby daughter and tried to murder the child's mother has been jailed for 18 years. |
Roger Weir, from Poole in Dorset, shot his ex-partner Gillian Blackmore, 27, with a flare gun before attacking her with a meat cleaver in Southampton. | Roger Weir, from Poole in Dorset, shot his ex-partner Gillian Blackmore, 27, with a flare gun before attacking her with a meat cleaver in Southampton. |
He squirted the drug into his 20-month-old daughter's mouth to "get at" her mother, Winchester Crown Court heard. | He squirted the drug into his 20-month-old daughter's mouth to "get at" her mother, Winchester Crown Court heard. |
Weir, 45, of Slough Lane, admitted trying to murder Ms Blackmore. | Weir, 45, of Slough Lane, admitted trying to murder Ms Blackmore. |
A previous hearing was told how Weir was angry his former fiancee had a new partner, Barry Towler, a police community support officer. | A previous hearing was told how Weir was angry his former fiancee had a new partner, Barry Towler, a police community support officer. |
He told police: "I can't live with the thought of someone else raising my daughter." | He told police: "I can't live with the thought of someone else raising my daughter." |
Covered in blood | |
Weir went to Ms Blackmore's Eastleigh flat on 7 May armed with a specially-adapted flare gun capable of firing bullets. | Weir went to Ms Blackmore's Eastleigh flat on 7 May armed with a specially-adapted flare gun capable of firing bullets. |
He told her "I want you dead" before firing the gun at her, beating her with a baton and attacking her with the cleaver. | He told her "I want you dead" before firing the gun at her, beating her with a baton and attacking her with the cleaver. |
Ms Blackmore managed to escape and raise the alarm. Police found her covered in blood from injuries to the back of her neck. | Ms Blackmore managed to escape and raise the alarm. Police found her covered in blood from injuries to the back of her neck. |
The court heard Weir had locked himself in a room with the baby and was threatening to kill her. | The court heard Weir had locked himself in a room with the baby and was threatening to kill her. |
A police officer finally persuaded him to come out. | A police officer finally persuaded him to come out. |
The baby spat out most of the heroin and was not harmed. | The baby spat out most of the heroin and was not harmed. |
Weir admitted administering a noxious substance to the child, with the prosecution accepting he had not wanted to murder his daughter and had acted "in the heat of the moment". | |
Following the sentence, Martyn Booth, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "This was an extreme case of domestic violence. | |
"Ms Blackmore has been the victim of a dreadful attack that night. | |
"We hope that Ms Blackmore and her daughter will now be able to move on with their lives and that this conviction will bring some kind of comfort to them." |
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