Disturbing CCTV footage has captured the moment a teenage girl plunged 40ft from a tower block window after being attacked by her controlling boyfriend. Jordan Herring, 22, either 'pushed or threw' his 18-year-old partner from the fourth floor of Merton House in Solihull, Birmingham.
The victim was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition with a collapsed lung and fractures to her pelvis, spine and ribs. She survived after her head missed the concrete pavement by inches and was able to return home a week later.
Herring went on trial at Birmingham Crown Court charged with attempted murder after previously being convicted of coercive and controlling behaviour. A jury found him guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm but cleared him of more serious offences of GBH 'with intent' and attempted murder. He will be sentenced on April 13.
West Midlands Police released the CCTV footage, with the victim's consent, showing the fall at 11.22pm on November 12, 2022. She told officers Herring held her near the window and threatened, 'I will throw you out, I will kill you'. Herring cynically lied, claiming she climbed out and dropped herself after a row about cheating.
He had taken her to Merton House, where his mother lived, to evade her concerned family. She was already 'battered and bruised' with two black eyes. Herring made her conceal her appearance by wearing two hoodies. After the fall, he 'strolled' down the stairs, picked her up, wrapped her in a blanket and took her back upstairs. It was more than an hour before emergency services were called.
