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Elemir Lakatos: Liverpool knife attacker shot by police is jailed | Elemir Lakatos: Liverpool knife attacker shot by police is jailed |
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A man shot by police after holding his ex-partner hostage at knifepoint has been jailed for eight years. | A man shot by police after holding his ex-partner hostage at knifepoint has been jailed for eight years. |
Elemir Lakatos, 47, of Anfield, also used an imitation gun to threaten the woman during a siege at a house in Dovecot, Liverpool in May. | |
Liverpool Crown Court heard he tied his ex-girlfriend to a chair telling her children to give her "one last kiss". | Liverpool Crown Court heard he tied his ex-girlfriend to a chair telling her children to give her "one last kiss". |
He was found guilty of 11 offences including unlawful imprisonment and making death threats which he admitted. | He was found guilty of 11 offences including unlawful imprisonment and making death threats which he admitted. |
Speaking through an interpreter, Lakatos, from the Czech Republic, apologised for the incident. | Speaking through an interpreter, Lakatos, from the Czech Republic, apologised for the incident. |
BBC Radio Merseyside's Phil Cooper said he wiped away tears saying: "I'm very sorry, I have done terrible things." | BBC Radio Merseyside's Phil Cooper said he wiped away tears saying: "I'm very sorry, I have done terrible things." |
He then asked his former partner if she could find it in her heart to forgive him. | He then asked his former partner if she could find it in her heart to forgive him. |
Shot in chest | Shot in chest |
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the "petrifying" ordeal he subjected her family to would haunt them for the rest of their life. | |
"I can still see the horror on my children's faces when they saw me bound to a chair and Elemir brandishing a knife close to my throat. | |
"It is every mother's worst nightmare being unable to protect your children from such a terrifying situation. | |
"I truly believed that Elemir was capable of killing me and that I would never see my children again." | |
She said her son "constantly asks if Elemir can get out and get us" and her daughter feels guilty she did not do more to protect her. | |
Although she said she was trying to rebuild their lives she said she was "still living in fear". | |
Det Supt Karen Cummings said Lakatos' actions had a "profound impact" on his victims and they are still having nightmares as a result. | |
She said: "No-one, let alone children, should have to endure such an ordeal." | |
After a siege situation developed, armed officers stormed the house using smoke bombs and shot Lakatos in the chest in an attempt to disarm him. | |
Passing sentence, Judge Clement Goldstone QC said Lakatos, of Cambria Street posed a "significant risk to the public of committing further offences". | Passing sentence, Judge Clement Goldstone QC said Lakatos, of Cambria Street posed a "significant risk to the public of committing further offences". |
The shooting is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). | The shooting is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). |
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