This is the first picture of 17-year-old Alex Tye who has been handed a life sentence after admitting attempted murder. 

He was given a life sentence on Thursday at Ipswich Crown Court of which he will have to serve a minimum of twelve and a half years before he can be considered for early release by the parole board.

Mr Justice Baker said the victim’s injuries were “nothing less than catastrophic” and the fact she didn’t die had been a matter of chance.

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The Crown Court heard on Thursday that Tye blamed the victim for the break up of his relationship with his girlfriend and left her for dead in the park in Benhall in October last year.

In a victim statement she said she couldn’t understand why Tye wanted to kill her and couldn’t work out what she had done wrong.

She said that while she waited for help to arrive after the attack she had been determined not to die as that would have meant Tye had won.

She said she was determined to be as independent as possible in the future and added: “ I won’t let him beat me”.