A man found with “bloods on his hands” has admitted violently assaulting and strangling a woman.
Lee Norris, 51, was found at a home in Portslade on Tuesday last week when police tracked him down after he fled the scene of a crash at around 10pm that night.
Norris was said to have hit a car, collided with a central reservation and abandoned his car.
Video footage allowed police to identify him and track him down to the home in Portslade.
Upon arrival, officers found a woman with “significant facial injuries” who said she had been strangled and received death threats from Norris.
He was found inside the house with blood on his hands and arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm, making threats to kill, failing to stop after a road accident and driving without insurance.
He was later arrested further for intentional strangulation and failing to provide a specimen for analysis.
After being charged with all six offences, he pleaded guilty to each count at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, November 10, and was remanded in custody.
Norris, of Buckhurst Avenue in Carshalton, Sutton, is due to be sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday, December 8.
Detective Inspector Laura Hillier-Diamond, of Brighton and Hove’s safeguarding investigations unit, said: “Violence against women and girls has no place in our society and will not be tolerated by Sussex Police.
“Thanks to the swift work of officers responding to the initial collision report, they were able to protect a vulnerable woman from further harm and take a violent, dangerous individual off the streets.
“I would also like to commend Norris’ victim for her bravery in supporting this prosecution and the investigating officers who secured the conviction.
“As a force we are unwavering in our proactive pursuit of perpetrators of domestic violence and will continue to do all that we can, alongside our partners, to safeguard victims and bring offenders to justice.”
For more information on domestic abuse, visit Sussex Police’s website.
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