{"id":132502,"date":"2023-10-23T01:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T01:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132502"},"modified":"2023-10-23T01:11:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T01:11:33","slug":"chilling-moment-footballer-strangles-girlfriend-before-she-jumped-14ft-from-balcony-to-escape-him-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/chilling-moment-footballer-strangles-girlfriend-before-she-jumped-14ft-from-balcony-to-escape-him-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling moment footballer strangles girlfriend before she jumped 14ft from balcony to escape him | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS is the chilling moment a vile footballer strangles his girlfriend before she hurls herself off a 14ft balcony to escape – breaking both arms.<\/p>\n

Twisted Shaquille McDonald told Amy Beckley "I'm going to make you sleep" after he found her chatting to a bouncer she knew.<\/p>\n


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Hard-to-watch CCTV shows how McDonald, 28, launched at Amy, pinning her up against a wall by her neck in her own flat.<\/p>\n

The sicko then drags her to the floor during the assault before repeatedly throttling her on a bed.<\/p>\n

Amy said she had only been going out with the abuser for six weeks before the viscous attack in Birmingham this year.<\/p>\n

During that time she said the former Derby County and Birmingham City footballer "love bombed" her with gifts and affection.<\/p>\n

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But on March 3, the pair were on a night out at the Arcadian nightclub when McDonald flew into a jealous rage.<\/p>\n

He snatched Amy's phone and keys calling her a "liar and a b****" for speaking to a bouncer she knew through her work in the fire brigade.<\/p>\n

Twisted McDonald then put Amy in a headlock and forced her into a taxi.<\/p>\n

He bit her face, scratched and slapped her on the way home.<\/p>\n

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Once back at her flat in the early hours of the morning, McDonald continued beating Amy and grabbing her by the throat as the attack escalated.<\/p>\n

Amy told BirminghamLive: "He then came out and grabbed my phone and grabbed me by the throat and dragged me in to the flat. <\/p>\n

"He smashed my head into a concrete wall. That's when I fell to the floor."<\/p>\n

Amy was then thrown onto a bed and strangled to the point of losing consciousness.<\/p>\n

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