A teacher has been jailed for stabbing a woman after she told him she did not want a relationship.
Matthew Jones, 29, stabbed fellow teacher Emma Kirk, 25, more than 15 times, inflicting life-threatening injuries to her neck, face and head.
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Jones attacked Ms Kirk in Bath on 26 February last year when she returned gifts he had bought her after telling him that she did not want to see him again, Bristol Crown Court heard.
The “brutal and frenzied” attack only ended when five men dragged Jones away from his victim, but jurors heard he still tried to grab and strangle Ms Kirk as he was being pulled back.
“Both of her lungs were punctured. She tried to fight back and she suffered multiple wounds to her hands as she grabbed at the blade,” Sam Jones, prosecuting, said.
He added that witnesses described the knife-wielding teacher as a “man possessed”.
Jones was found not guilty of attempted murder and having an article with a blade or point in a public place, but admitted causing Ms Kirk grievous bodily harm.
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