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A mother found out that she was scared of her life after she discovered that the person who dug out her eyes was transferred to an open prison.
Tina Nash, 44, is now blind after being attacked by former partner Shane Jenkin in April 2011.
Jenkin kept Tina’s hostage for 12 hours in the attack, and he also broke his nose, jaw and strangled her. Her two sons were sleeping in the next room.
Jenkin was sentenced to life imprisonment in May 2012 at Truro Crown Court, at least six years after he admitted to serious bodily injury (GBH). He was later detained in a safe mental health department.
In March 2025, Jenkin was moved to an open prison despite the parole board in England and Wales saying Jenkin was denied bids for six paroles.
In open prison conditions, Jenkin will be able to keep the prison in the short term if a family member is sick or he is attending paid or unpaid work.
She said: “I was really scared because I don’t think he would leave it, especially because I’ve said what he did.
“I think he’s been sitting there, he’s sitting there because he’s not making me stand out.”
Recalling the night of the attack, she described him assaulting her, strangling her to death, and then rolling her up a blanket where she continued to be strangled.
She said she couldn’t figure out what was going on, but once felt her “eyeball on my cheek”.
She said, “I don’t remember him jumping me. I don’t remember him beating me. I don’t remember him digging my eyes. I don’t remember him rolling me up. He thought I was dead.
Several surgeries were followed, but the doctor was unable to save her eyes, and she had a reconstruction surgery to implant the prosthetic limb.
The former couple has been happy in a club in Penzance for eight months since August 2009. But Jenkin eventually turned to Ms. Nash.
In April 2010, Jenkin defeated his partner for the first time, which led to more attacks.
“It’s just the unchanging thing that the police attacked my house…I never felt like the upper edge in my life. I didn’t even know I was a victim.
She continued: “I try to stay positive every day, but it’s still always there anyway and it won’t go away.”
“I dreamed every night and it felt like I just lost sight yesterday.”
She said: “I am a free spirit, I love life, I am a DJ – I love to go out with friends.
“All panic attacks and anxiety attacks ruined me alone.
“I sat on the edge of the sofa myself, tortured, trembling, frightened for days and years, and he would never know what he did to me.”
