Drug-crazed thug stabbed mum and smashed baby's head against bedroom wall

A drug-crazed thug who stabbed a mother and smashed her baby’s head against a wall at her home has been jailed for eight years.

Aamer Araf, 33, repeatedly knifed the woman, 37, and left her lying unconscious in a pool of blood, a court heard.

He then grabbed her seven-month-old son by his legs and swung him so hard he smashed his skull against the bedroom walls.

Emergency crews dashed to the property in Tipton, West Midlands on May 28 after neighbours reported seeing a woman lying in a pool of blood.

Araf was then arrested on suspicion of attempted murder but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of grievous bodily harm.

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Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that when police arrived Araf tried to use the badly injured baby as a human shield before being Tasered (BPM MEDIA)

The cannabis user was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was jailed at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday

The court heard that when police arrived Araf tried to use the badly injured baby as a human shield before being Tasered.

The baby was rushed to hospital with head injuries with his mother who had stab wounds to her face, hands and thigh, as well as suffering a fractured hand.

Shocked neighbours told how they called police after seeing a bloody kitchen knife lying on the ground outside the house.

One said: "We moved round to the front of the house and looked through the letter box.

“The lady was lying in blood on the floor and we called the police."

Another local said: "The woman was lying in blood on the floor to the side of the door in the corner.

"A broken kitchen knife with blood on it was lying on the door mat, but I couldn't see how big it was.

"They brought the baby out first through the front door then carried the woman out through the back on a stretcher. She was in a bad way."

Incredibly, both mother and child have since made an "astonishing" recovery.

Detective Constable Deb Bullman, from West Midlands Police Public Protection Unit, said: “This was dreadful incident with mother and son suffering terrible injuries, but remarkably the little boy has made an astonishing recovery, although he will still need to be monitored as he grows, to determine if there are any lasting effects.

“His mother still has physical and mental scars for which she is receiving on-going support.

“Domestic abuse remains a key priority for us.

“Sadly since the start of the pandemic last year we have seen an increase of 17 per cent in domestic related incidents, but we have not reduced our response to victims.

“The force responds to more than 200 incidents per day and we remain committed to catching perpetrators."