Deceptive abuser jailed after stabbing himself to frame ex
A cunning domestic abuser who stabbed himself in a twisted ploy to pin the blame on his former partner has been locked up for three years.
Wayne Slough, 33, deliberately sparked a row at his ex’s Longfield home, capturing the argument on his phone to fake evidence of an assault.
He tried to fool kent.police.uk" title="Kent Police" target="_blank">Kent Police with the clip, but detectives saw through his scam. The very recording he handed over blew his story apart and helped convict him of lying to obstruct justice.
Plotting the confrontation
On 17 June 2017, Slough turned up for a pre-arranged meet at the victim’s house and deliberately started a verbal spat. He recorded the entire thing on his phone, which he kept hidden in his pocket.
The recording ended with Slough returning calmly to his car, muttering “here she comes” before a string of swearing. This was the likely moment he stabbed himself, then drove off.
Less than an hour later, Slough called police from Darent Valley Hospital, claiming his ex-partner had attacked him. He was treated for the chest wound that he had inflicted himself.
False evidence exposed
Police scrutinising the recording noticed Slough’s calm tone as he walked back to his car, with no sound of a struggle or anyone approaching him.
He claimed the victim punched him and that he found a knife lodged in his chest, which he pulled out and tossed inside his car before driving away.
But witnesses confirmed the victim neither attacked him nor came near his car. She was never seen with a knife either.
The woman’s DNA was absent from the weapon, and the knife didn’t match any in her kitchen. It matched a set found at Slough’s home in Rochester.
Justice served for the victim
Detective Constable Kathryn Lumsden-Earle said: “Slough has shown himself to be an exceptionally deceptive liar willing to go to great lengths to control the victim.”
“Domestic abuse is totally unacceptable, and we will never tolerate it. I’m glad Slough is behind bars – it’s the only just outcome.”
“I hope the victim finds some peace now and urge anyone suffering abuse to contact us for support and justice.”
Slough was initially handed a two-year suspended sentence in 2021, but the Court of Appeal quashed it and sent him straight to prison on 19 January.
