I was beaten senseless when neighbour crawled through my window… now all he has to do is pay me £8 a month
A WOMAN has told how she’s been left furious by her attacker’s punishment two years after she was beaten unconscious.
Mother-of-two Tracey Davis, 57, could not help but weep on June 7 when her attacker, Neeson Mrvick, was given a suspended 10-month jail term and a £200 fine, to be paid in monthly installments.
Mrvick, 25, received a lifelong restraining order against Tracey, and must also attend 25 rehabilitaion sessions as part of his sentence for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, Nottinghamshire Live reports.
Tracey, who is a teaching assistant for pupils with special educational needs, said: “I was in shock. I honestly don’t have words for how I feel.
“The whole thing turned into being about him. The judge didn’t even look at me. I’d waited two years for that sentence. I feel so failed.”
Mrvick and Tracey’s family were neighbours in Sandiacre, Nottingham, and she would sometimes give him lifts to school, college and even the workplace.
Tracey had known Mrvick, who is autistic, since he was four.
Her own son was good friends with him, and the pair worked together as web designers.
The attack took place on June 22, 2022 when Tracey, who is a hobby dog breeder, discovered Mrvick outside her living room window, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
He confronted her about a dog which Tracey sold to him, but then took back for a vet appointment over concerns the animal was not being looked after properly.
Tracey described it as a calm conversation, but after she opened her window to hear him more effectively, Mrvick climbed inside and attacked her with her own glass vase.
She says that after hitting the ground and blacking out, she woke up around two minutes later and saw blood “everywhere”, including on her mirror and wardrobes.
The attack was so vicious that broken glass had been left embedded in the walls.
Tracey was left with a fractured spine, broken nose and needed a replacement jaw.
She was later diagnosed with PTSD.
It took 18 months for the case to reach court.
In that time, Mrvick was on bail, living just two minutes away from Tracey’s home.
Tracey tried to return to work, but quit after a few days when she witnessed an autistic child being violent towards another staff member.
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She became “virtually a recluse”, only leaving the house if accompanied by her 24-year-old son, or 20-year-old daughter.
Tracey said that she had gotten along very well with the “amazing” prosecutor, but she discovered an entirely new barrister and judge at the sentencing hearing.
She claims the recorder did not acknowledge her, and instead it became “all about Neeson”.
Tracey said: “All I was listening to was how hard it’s been for him.
“This has changed my whole life and my family’s life.
“It’s been turned upside down.”