Convicted sex offender given four years for assault

A "very dangerous" convicted Polish sex offender has been given a four-year sentence for assaulting his partner who claimed he tried to hang her in their apartment to make it look like suicide.

Lech Szymczk (aged 49), of North Great Charles Street was described by Judge Tony Hunt as a "very dangerous person indeed" after it was revealed that his 10 previous convictions in Poland included sexual assault, aggravated assaults, threats, theft with violence, perjury and affray.