Jailed: Leanne Grantham was sent down for 12 months for attacking Hayley Hinman
A mum-of-four told how her jealous lesbian lover locked her in a toilet before setting it on fire and telling her: "You can stay in there and burn."
Leanne Grantham, 22, who attacked Hayley Hinman, 35, after accusing her of having an affair while they were out with friends was jailed for 12 months last week.
After the hearing, Hayley relived her horrific ordeal, telling how she feared she was going to die, before urging domestic violence victims to seek help.
Bi-sexual Hayley, who lives with daughters Lennie, six, Rose, eight, son Kacey, 13, and has another son from a previous relationship, said: "I was with Leanne
for two-and-a-half years.
"We started going out in February 2013.
"The first time she attacked me was on Christmas Day last year. She accused me of wanting to sleep with her brother and choked me.
"In the last attack she strangled me more than 10 times.
"She held my throat until I couldn't breath then she would stop and cry and apologise then she would repeat the strangulation again.
"She said: 'I want to let you go but if I do then I've lost you'. Her eyes were full of rage, something I wish nobody ever had to see.
"She then set fire to a roll of carpet and held the door closed so I couldn't get out. It was right next to my head and burned the hood of my coat.
"I beat out the fire with my coat but set fire to other rolls four or five times and kept me trapped.
"In the end I believe she got bored and started to let me go but then she turned round and gave me an evil stare and attacked me again.
"I was knocked to the floor and hit my head she fell too and I managed to get up before her and ran.
"I was taken to hospital with bruising on my face and neck and doctors told me there was tissue damage to my throat."
Hayley, who slammed the sentence handed to Grantham, also told how she fears Grantham will attack her again when she's released from prison.
She said: "I went to every court hearing and she was walking around the dock with a smug grin on her fac
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