A judge apologized to the last victim of a serial abuser after he had given him a second chance after his first terror campaign against an earlier girlfriend.
Ben Grenfell was 17 when he used control and violence to torture his girlfriend at the time, which eventually led him to drive his car to the victim and attack her stepfather.
Judge Tim Gittins postponed the teenager at the Crown Court in February 2023 after hearing his mental health problems and the support offered by his family.
But the 'extremely dangerous' Grenfell was attacking and haunting this opportunity to change within a few months after a new girlfriend.
On this occasion, Judge Gittins condemned the 19-year-old and said, “I apologize to your second victim because I put her in danger.”
Grenfell, from Burnopfield, County Durham, admitted nine violations and was sentenced to two years of detention.
The court had previously heard that Grenfell attacked his first girlfriend several times between August and November 2023 before they separated.
The teenager then threatened to release intimate images of the girl if she did not return with him, as part of a two -month barrage of intimidation.
When she refused, Grenfell drove his car to her outside a pub and then her stepfather attacked and hit the man's windshield.
Ben Grenfell (photo), from Burnopfield, County Durham, gave nine offenses and was sentenced to two years of detention
Judge Gittins postponed Grenfell after he had admitted that violations, including abuse, dangerous driving and criminal damage.
The judge said that there was 'hope and expectation' that Grenfell would get the medical help he needed after a medical report described the mental health struggle of Grenfell, which were exacerbated by the use of alcohol and drugs by the teenager.
Judge Gittins also believed that Grenfell would use the opportunity to work for the sanitary activities of his father to become a 'authority -abiding member of the community'.
Within a few months, the court heard that Grenfell started a relationship with a new girlfriend who soon became violent, offensive and controlling.
Public Prosecution Service Jordan Parkinson said that Grenfell's abuse campaign saw him beat and hit her, dragging her to her and her wandering him, even while her eye was closed.
After she had ended the relationship and blocked him on social media, Grenfell contacted her a few weeks later and used fake profiles to say he was sorry and received mental health care.
Mrs Parkinson said that the woman was 'manipulated' to resume their relationship and Grenfell became aggressive and controlling again.
He would regularly rage in 'jealous', as the highlight hit him repeatedly on October 14 because he had the feeling that she had showered too long.
Judge Tim Gittins postponed the teenager at the Crown Court in Newcastle (photo) in February 2023 After hearing his problems with mental health care and the support provided by his family
In a statement read to the court, the woman said that she was walking around egg scales around him and lied to friends and family about what the injuries had caused he had inflicted to protect him.
Grenfell then bombarded the victim with messages after she made it, many of which were threatening and offensive, the court heard.
The police were finally informed when Grenfell repeatedly called the woman's workplace.
She told the court that she changed herself into an attempt to make Grenfell happy and feared what he would do her.
She said that this fear led her to see her friends and give Grenfell access to her phone.
The woman believed that Grenfell was a 'extremely dangerous' abuser and added that the violent behavior he claimed that 'mental health episodes' was actually his real self.
After hearing this, Judge Gittins said to the abuser: “I am very sorry that I gave you the excellent chance I did and apologize to your second victim because I put her in danger.”
Grenfell admitted attack, compulsive behavior and stalking that caused fear of violence.
Limitation of orders that prohibit him from contacting one of the two women or to refer them to social media were also lasting for 10 years.
Grenfell was also not allowed to drive for three years.
