Lowestoft man stabbed ex three times in drunken attack

 Sentencing Neil Lowton on Monday, Judge David Wilson described the attack as “ prolonged and persistent” and said he’d made repeated attempts to stab vulnerable parts of the victim’s body.

 “She said in her victim impact statement that she believed she was going to be killed that night,” said the judge. 

He said the victim was no longer able to live in her own and although her physical injuries had healed the mental scars hadn’t. 

Neil Lowton was jailed for more than four years. (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

During the attack she’d suffered a wound to the webbing  between her thumb and finger as she grabbed the blade of the knife. 

Judge Wilson accepted that what Lowton, who’d bee drinking, did was out of character and that he’d expressed remorse. 

Lowton  of London Road South, Lowestoft, admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on January 21 2026. 

In addition to being jailed he was banned from contacting the victim indefinitely. 

Judge Wilson said Lowton would have to serve two thirds of the sentence less time he’d spent on remand before he could be considered for release.