Lawrence Weston Man Found Guilty of Attempted Murder

bristol | policing | news report Wednesday May 23, 2007 20:05 by Bob

Two Guilty Counts re Attacks on His Ex and Baby

Don't know if you have been following the trial of the Lawrence Weston man Andrew Elson? It has been in the papers all this and last week - the verdict is in: Guilty.

Andrew Elson was accused of attempted murder of his ex-girl friend and of her unborn baby. He has admitted that he intended to hurt her, but denied that he wanted to kill her or the baby. Today the jury returned a unanimous verdict after about two hours of deliberation: guilty on both counts.

Here is a link to the Post article on this story:

Mum and baby 'lucky to survive slashing'
A Man launched a frenzied knife attack on his pregnant former partner, which left mother and baby lucky to be alive, a court has heard.
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