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| The boyfriend of a woman who was blinded in a horrific attack by a previous partner has been jailed for assaulting her. | |
| Tina Nash, 33, had her eyes gouged out in April 2011 by her then boyfriend Shane Jenkin as she slept at her home in Cornwall. | Tina Nash, 33, had her eyes gouged out in April 2011 by her then boyfriend Shane Jenkin as she slept at her home in Cornwall. |
| Jenkin was jailed for life and told he would not be considered for release until he had served six years after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent against the mother of two. | Jenkin was jailed for life and told he would not be considered for release until he had served six years after admitting grievous bodily harm with intent against the mother of two. |
| Nash became a campaigner for victims of domestic violence and wrote a book called Out of the Darkness. | Nash became a campaigner for victims of domestic violence and wrote a book called Out of the Darkness. |
| It emerged on Monday that her new partner, Roland Alli, 32, has been jailed for attacking her. | |
| Alli had been due to stand trial for common assault but changed his plea at Truro magistrates court in Cornwall and was jailed for 14 weeks. | Alli had been due to stand trial for common assault but changed his plea at Truro magistrates court in Cornwall and was jailed for 14 weeks. |
| The court heard Alli subjected an "extremely vulnerable" Nash to a sustained attack in her home on 16 June. . | |
| Alli, from Plymouth, Devon, was handed a restraining order banning him from going near Nash's home in Penzance, Cornwall, or contacting her again. The attack came just three days after Alli appeared before magistrates after an altercation with a policeman on the housing estate where Nash lives. | Alli, from Plymouth, Devon, was handed a restraining order banning him from going near Nash's home in Penzance, Cornwall, or contacting her again. The attack came just three days after Alli appeared before magistrates after an altercation with a policeman on the housing estate where Nash lives. |
| On that occasion, magistrates heard he was in a drunken rage after being asked to leave her house. He was fined £35 and told to pay £100 compensation to the police officer. | On that occasion, magistrates heard he was in a drunken rage after being asked to leave her house. He was fined £35 and told to pay £100 compensation to the police officer. |
| Nash was left with a broken jaw and nose in the attack two years ago by 34- year-old Jenkin. | Nash was left with a broken jaw and nose in the attack two years ago by 34- year-old Jenkin. |
| In a Guardian interview at the time of the publication of her book, Nash told how she asked her family to "finish me off", believing her blindness would mean she would lose her children. | In a Guardian interview at the time of the publication of her book, Nash told how she asked her family to "finish me off", believing her blindness would mean she would lose her children. |
| She said: "I thought I was going to lose my kids, I had lost everything. I asked my family to finish me off because I didn't want to be here any more. | She said: "I thought I was going to lose my kids, I had lost everything. I asked my family to finish me off because I didn't want to be here any more. |
| "When I found out I could keep my kids, that it would be discrimination if they were taken away from me, I thought: I can do this. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I can." | "When I found out I could keep my kids, that it would be discrimination if they were taken away from me, I thought: I can do this. I don't know how I'm going to do it, but I can." |