Victim's 35ft plunge afterattack by heroin addict

she was frightened and shocked at what happened and made a statement implicating her boyfriend.

In a victim impact statement, Mr Scopes said the fall had destroyed his life. He is unable to wash or go to the toilet himself and is afraid to go out.

“I will be disfigured and scarred for life,” he said.

David Brooke, defending, said it was an impulsive act of violence and was not pre-meditated. “He acted on the spur of the moment,” he said.

Morgan was recovering from his heroin addiction and had not been in trouble for several years. He had moved from York to Sheffield in April last year and met Miss Blacklock, whom he felt was vulnerable. He said he did not want her to fall into the same trap of taking alcohol and drugs.

Judge Robert Moore told Morgan: “Deliberately heaving somebody off a bridge with a drop of 30 foot or more on to concrete falls into the gravest category.”

He told Morgan if he had been convicted of attempted murder the sentence would have been even longer.

“This dreadful crime has left a man in a wheelchair for several years, maybe forever.”