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Former UK paramedic jailed after knife threat

Responder admits making threat to kill estranged wife’s new partner

By Julie Magee
The Daily Echo

ST. LEONARD’S, U.K. — A former paramedic who threatened to kill his estranged wife’s new partner with a kitchen knife has been jailed for 21 months.

Bournemouth Crown Court heard how father-of-two Alan Bennett had “lost it” after forcing his way into his former home at Pine Avenue, Poole, on August 29 last year.

Bennett, 38, from North Drive, St Leonard’s, admitted making a threat to kill Dean Woolway and two assault charges.

Full story: Defense lawyer: Bennett was stressed, had otherwise exemplary character