Man jailed for actual body harm incident on New Year’s Day in Bury St Edmunds town centre

A man has been jailed for actual bodily harm following an incident in Bury St Edmunds.

Harry McMenamin, (pictured above) aged 25 and of Cricks Road, in Bury St. Edmunds, was convicted and jailed for two years and three months at Ipswich Crown Court yesterday, Thursday, October 20, after pleading guilty to actual bodily harm.

Officers were called just after 6am on Saturday, January 1, to an multi occupancy address in Abbeygate Street to a report that a woman and male both in their 30s had suffered injuries after being assaulted by McMenamin.

McMenamin had been drinking earlier with the male victim. An argument developed between the two with McMenamin hitting the victim and also attempting to throw him out of an open first floor window. He then proceeded to smash the female victim’s flat door and then punched her to the face and choking her. She managed to flee to a place of safety and the police subsequently arrested McMenamin.

DI Stu Dolan, of Bury St Edmunds CID, said: “Whilst the male victim knew McMenamin as a friend, the female victim had only moved into the flat the day before the incident and had never met the defendant. The assault she faced  would have been an extremely frightening and terrifying incident to experience for her, and one that I imagine will be very difficult for her to forget.”