Oakwood inmate arrested seconds after release
A thug was arrested seconds after being released from Oakwood prison after making a threatening phone call to his ex while behind bars.
Marvin Trevis was detained as he stepped out of jail as officers held him for breaching a restraining order by contacting a former girlfriend, who he had previously left black and blue after beating her with a curtain pole.
Trevis, who had been jailed for the assaulting, used a different prisoner's name to avoid detection when he wrote several letters.
He also called her to make "numerous threats of violence", West Midlands Police said, but police received a recording oif the call and prison staff had intercepted a number of letters.
He has now been jailed for 51 weeks after admitting breaching the restraining order when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court.
Trevis, formerly of Latelow Road, Stetchford, was jailed for 21 months in October 2012 for the curtain pole attack
He was released on licence on May 13 last year, but two days later, he breached his order by visiting his ex at her Birmingham home.
Officers found him hiding in bushes having fled from a rear door. He was returned to prison until his release and latest arrest on March 28 this year.
Ch Insp Kim Madill said: "The order is indefinite and bans him from going near his ex-partner ? someone he has a history of violence against ? or contacting her either directly or indirectly.
"The order is for her own safety but, despite the breach, she didn't want to support the case and actually tried visiting him in jail under a pseudonym. However, he poses such a high level of risk to her that we pursued this prosecution for her own safety.
'We understand that victims of domestic abuse sometimes feel reluctance to support a prosecution, which often shows the level of control that perpetrators have over their victims. Such control comes in many forms: fear, emotional and financial abuse, or a misguided belief they are somehow responsible for the violence.'
"We will now continue working with his victim, together with domestic abuse support groups and our hope is to help her recognise the abuse she's suffered and assist her in breaking free from this abusive relationship."
