A stuntman who doubled for the Queen and jumped from a helicopter on the London 2012 Olympics has been jailed for pushing his girlfriend down the steps.
Gary Connery, who parachuted into opening ceremony wearing a peach gown with a gray wig, was convicted by a jury of GBH in a case of home violence.
The 53-year-old was jailed for 18 months after the sufferer’s shoulder was ‘shattered’ following an argument at their residence.
Decide Nigel Daly, sentencing Connery at Oxford Crown Courtroom on Tuesday, mentioned: ‘It's abundantly clear that you've proven completely no regret for what occurred and settle for no fault in your behalf.’
A restraining order stopping him from contacting the sufferer indefinitely was additionally imposed.
Connery, from Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, who has labored on movies together with Indiana Jones and Johnny English Reborn, pushed his then-partner down a flight of stairs at their residence on October 24, 2020.
She suffered a damaged shoulder in addition to a reduce to her head, after the couple, who had been consuming wine, had a row about who would flip off a light-weight and shut a gate.
Decide Daly went on: ‘It's clear that you just had an argument late at evening. You’d each been consuming and it's clear that you just misplaced your mood.
‘Nonetheless she was behaving, she didn't need to be thrown down stairs.
‘Throwing any person down the steps, as I'm fairly happy you probably did, may end up in extraordinarily severe accidents. On this case it resulted in accidents which had been severe.’
He mentioned the ‘home context’ of the incident was an ‘aggravating function’ because it left the sufferer ‘susceptible’.
Connery was cleared by jurors final month of grievous bodily hurt with intent however discovered responsible of inflicting grievous bodily hurt with out intent.
An announcement by Connery’s ex-girlfriend, learn out to the courtroom by prosecutor Jonathan Stone, mentioned: ‘The influence on each side of my life has been monumental.’
She mentioned she felt ‘unsafe’ to return to the home and have become financially reliant on her mother and father.
The sufferer added: ‘I simply need Gary to take accountability for what he’s accomplished and for what he’s put us by way of as a household.’
Sarah O’Kane, defending, mentioned Connery had no earlier convictions and had been of excellent character earlier than the offence occurred.
Ms O’Kane mentioned the incident, which was ‘impulsive, spontaneous and, maybe extra appropriately, short-lived’ has had an influence on Connery’s profession.
The barrister added: ‘This case has attracted plenty of publicity which has had an influence on his work. It's a distinctive area of labor and because of the proceeds of the decision, his cellphone isn’t ringing the best way it as soon as was.
‘This has had a big impact on him.’
Through the London 2012 opening ceremony, audiences watched a brief movie of James Bond, performed by Daniel Craig, strolling into Buckingham Palace, surrounded by corgis, to select up the Queen, who was sitting at her writing desk.
She greeted him with the phrases, ‘Good night, Mr Bond’, and the pair apparently boarded a helicopter which flew throughout London to the stadium.
Connery, because the Queen, then parachuted all the way down to the bottom alongside fellow skydiver Mark Sutton as 007, earlier than the monarch appeared within the area to take her seat to cheers and applause.
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