Luke Henry Carr from North Ipswich pleads guilty to serious domestic violence charges

A terrified woman tried to jump from an upstairs window to escape after her abusive ex-partner turned up and bound her, threatening to put her in the boot of his car.

A woman feared she would be killed when she was subjected to a brutal assault at the hands of her estranged partner.

An Ipswich court heard the man bound the victims hands during the ordeal, throwing her face first onto a bed.

Neighbours called police after hearing the woman’s screams as she tried to escape by climbing out of an upstairs window.

The details of her harrowing ordeal were revealed when Luke Carr went before Ipswich District Court for sentence on domestic violence charges.

He blamed his use of the drug ice for the attack.

A large group of family and friends were in the courtroom and heard the Crown prosecutor and Judge detail a history of domestic violence charges against Carr.

Luke Henry Carr, 31, a former meat worker from North Ipswich, pleaded guilty to committing domestic violence offences on February 21 last year including choking/suffocation; deprivation of liberty; and contravening a domestic violence protection order – aggravated offence.

Crown prosecutor Victoria Adams said when the frightened woman began to scream for help after he bound her hands behind her back with rope, Carr yelled at her to be quiet.

He untied her hands and rolled her on her back then began slapping her before using both his hands to cover her mouth.

Ms Adams said the woman panicked as she felt she could not breathe and struggled while Carr continued to cover her mouth.

Carr told her: “I’m going to put you in the boot of the car and take you to the middle of nowhere”.

“She feared he was going to kill her,” Ms Adams said.

Carr then shook a bottle of drink he had and sprayed the woman with the liquid.

He allowed her to have a shower but when she attempted to escape by trying to jump from a second story window he grabbed her.

Ms Adams said she was halfway through the window when Carr pulled her back.

With the woman screaming loudly Carr told her to “shut the f**** up” and threw her onto a bed.

Police arrived at the house at 9pm after receiving reports and saw that the woman had suffered bruising to her forearms and swelling to her left cheekbone.

“He has a concerning history and this is an escalation of his domestic violence history,” Ms Adams said.

“It is not a case where there are exceptional circumstances. He was subject to a domestic violence protection order.”

Since his arrest Carr has spent just over 18-months held in jail, the court heard.

Defence barrister Justin Thomas said Carr had attended school at Nanango and was a father of one child.

“His criminal history reflects very poorly on him. He is a long-time user of methylamphetamine,” Mr Thomas said.

“When living in Mt Isa he was able to get off his methamphetamine use but sadly on his return to southeast Queensland he lapsed into use.

“Is his intention to abstain from drug use?” Judge Dennis Lynch QC asked

“Absolutely,” Mr Thomas said.

Judge Lynch said Carr was affected by methylamphetamine and despite the woman telling him to leave he did not.

Instead he got a rope and bound her hands and pushed her face down on a bed so that she could not move.

“She was terrified she was going to die,” Judge Lynch said.

“It was a protracted episode of domestic violence and you inflicted deliberate physical harm on her.”

Judge Lynch said his history included previous jail orders for domestic violence offences since 2016.

Judge Lynch said a 3 ½ year sentence was appropriate but he would reduce the penalty to a two-year jail term with immediate release to parole because of the 18 months already spent in custody.