article_snippet: Sentencing Roberts, Judge Charles Gratwicke said: 'You embarked on an unprovoked, murderous, frenzied and sustained attack on Ms Arnold in which you viciously and mercilessly attempted to butcher Ms Arnold to death with a meat cleaver. '
article_snippet: The injuries you inflicted on that women were horrific.
article_snippet: The most significant being a severe, gaping wound to the neck running from ear to ear. '
article_snippet: But for the intervention of skilled medical professionals, I am certain
article_snippet: This was a brutal and callous attempt to kill.'
article_snippet: Peter Clark, prosecuting, said: 'This was a sustained attack that caused serious physical and mental harm. '
article_snippet: Perhaps the most disconcerting thing is the similarities with the previous incident.'
article_snippet: John Caudle, mitigating, today said Roberts had been driven by a misguided obsession with Roberts partner misusing drugs - a similar motive to what had led Roberts to commit the previous arson.