MIRROR
A killer who describes himself as an “animal” violently attacked his pregnant girlfriend in a park before abandoning her.
Luke Woods punched Lauren Jackson in the face following an argument despite her being 30 weeks pregnant near to Fosters Park in St Helens, Merseyside, in December last year.
Woods, 22, was previously locked up after killing pensioner Len Saunders in a vicious and unprovoked attack in 2017, causing serious head injuries with one forceful punch, Liverpool Echo reports.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Friday that Woods, of Billinge Crescent, St. Helens, had tried to contact girlfriend Lauren a “significant number” of times by phone while she was celebrating her sister’s birthday on December 6 last year.
The pair argued over the phone, prosecutor Jonathan Rogers told the court, and Lauren “eventually relented” and met with her boyfriend near to Fosters Park in St Helens…
