Married at First Sight UK star Luke Worley claims he suffered a horrendous attack when a man tried to bite his finger off and he was left needing a tetanus jab following the ordeal.
24.11.2023 - 16:56 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A raging husband tracked down his 'estranged' wife and kidnapped her in the street after she fell in love with a new man. Alin Leonte snatched the woman off the street in Blackley as she went for a walk with her new flame.
He punched her to the face twice then bundled her into a car. She was taken to a 'succession' of houses in Manchester before being driven to Dover, where Leonte planned to bring her back to their native Romania.
But police at the ferry port had been alerted and he was arrested. Manchester Crown Court heard that Leonte and his 'estranged' wife originally met in the UK, but went back to live in Romania together.
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They had a child but she later returned to the UK, apparently at Leonte's request, to secure a driving licence. But she found a new man and the pair fell in love, prosecutor Neil Ronan said.
Leonte discovered his wife's new relationship and threatened the new man's family living in Romania, and ordered her to return home to be with him and their child. She had decided that she would voluntarily return home, but meanwhile Leonte was hatching his plan to take her by force.
Leonte, who was banned from entering the UK after previously being deported, flew into the country via Ireland and landed at Gatwick airport on May 4. He managed to trace her to Manchester through contacts within the Romanian community, the court heard.
As his wife spent her last night with her new partner, the pair decided to go for a walk at about 1am on May 6. When another Romanian couple approached and began speaking with them, she became suspicious.
Shortly after, Leonte arrived in a
Married at First Sight UK star Luke Worley claims he suffered a horrendous attack when a man tried to bite his finger off and he was left needing a tetanus jab following the ordeal.
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