A DRUNK archer fired three crossbow bolts at his wife before stabbing her six times and saying: “You are dying tonight.”
Stephen Carr, 57, had downed a litre of vodka before attacking Lorna at home last September.
After missing with the bolts, he hit her with the heavy compound bow and stabbed her in the back with a kitchen knife as she dialled 999.
CCTV — installed to help with care for Carr’s dementia-stricken mum — captured the assault.
Carr, who has competed in archery tournaments, said he meant just to scare Lorna and would have “easily, very easily” hit her had he wanted to.
He was branded a “significant risk to the public”.
Judge Simon Phillips, KC, described the attack as “frenzied” and “frightening”.
Leeds crown court heard Lorna has forgiven him for the attack and “wants to live again as husband and wife”.
The couple married in April 2024 and had been living together since October 2023.
Carr, of Strensall, North Yorks, was found guilty of attempted murder and jailed for 17 years.
