Pictured: Matthew Day stabbed ex-wife at Bramley home

Matthew Day was drunk when he smashed through the window of his ex-wife's house in Bramley in February. He had earlier that day talked about killing her and said that it was the 'endgame' when breaking into the house.

He strangled his former partner, before he pushed her down the stairs and stabbed her in the leg.

The victim needed four stitches and is still traumatised by the events that left her family home covered in blood, Winchester Crown Court was told on Friday.

The attack was labelled as “quite horrendous, shocking, and … traumatising” by the judge, who jailed Day for four years and ten months.

The court was told on Friday that Day, now of Battle Square in Reading, had been told that his ex-wife, with whom he has two children, had started a new relationship after their marriage failed.

The court was also told that Day himself had previously had another relationship since the breakdown of the marriage.

He attended her address in Bramley on February 19, and said he “saw red” when he saw that the new boyfriend was inside.

Prosecutor Andrew Houston told the court that he tried to break both the front and rear doors down, but was not able to. Day then proceeded to throw a brick through the window, and entered the house.

“The curtain was pulled down, he was saying something about this being the ‘endgame’,” Mr Houston continued.

“He said he was going to kill her and [the new boyfriend]. She ended up on the floor with the defendant on top of her trying to strangle her.

“They moved to the kitchen and the defendant ended up with a knife. She thought she was going to die.”

Witnesses described seeing Day holding the knife above his head and swinging it in the direction of his ex-wife.

“She went upstairs, heroically trying to stop him getting to the children. She then realised she had a stab wound in her leg.

“The defendant stabbed himself in the stomach and the leg and then threw the knife away.”

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