A person who stabbed his closely pregnant ex-girlfriend as she left her house has been jailed for 17 years and 4 months.
Daniel Popescu, 29, of no mounted tackle, pleaded responsible to trying to homicide Andreea Pintili in Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, on 5 December 2023 and stalking her.
The courtroom heard he turned obsessive about Ms Pintili after discovering out he wouldn’t be concerned in his unborn kid’s life.
“His intention that day was to kill me and my unborn youngster,” she mentioned in her sufferer influence assertion.
Popescu will serve two-thirds of his sentence in jail earlier than he might be thought-about for launch and also will serve three years on licence.
Prosecutor John Hipkin KC advised the courtroom Popescu had been in a relationship with Ms Pintilli from September 2020 till August 2023, when she ended it over his playing behavior.
He then turned obsessed along with her and, on 27 October, adopted her and her son, took an image of the pair and posted it on TikTok.
Days later he left his garments in two black baggage on her doorstep and left a voicemail message saying: “I’m not going anyplace till you get again with me.”
Popescu was then arrested and advised to not contact Ms Pintilli, who moved moved to Aberfan after the incident.
On 5 December, Ms Pintelli heard footsteps behind her after leaving house at 07:45.
She was grabbed after which stabbed a variety of instances by Popescu with an 8-inch (20cm) knife.
The courtroom heard her intuition was to guard her unborn youngster – she was 37 weeks pregnant on the time.
Popescu advised her: “I’ve a knife and I’m going to kill you.”
The courtroom was proven CCTV of the incident which included screams from a passer-by who ran over and tried to cease Popescu, who then fled the scene.
Popescu was described by Ms Pintilli as a jealous man who couldn’t face the actual fact that they had cut up up.
In her sufferer private assertion learn to the courtroom she mentioned: “I really feel fortunate to be alive after this harrowing expertise.
“He advised me he had a knife and to get into the home. I’ve little doubt if I went in to the home he would have killed me.”