By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 12:13 EST, 12 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:07 EST, 13 October 2012 A self-confessed ‘psycho,’ who attacked his ex-partner with a meat cleaver and a boat flare before drugging his baby daughter with heroin, has been jailed for 18 years. Gillian Blackmore, 28, had to run for her life, naked and soaked in blood, as her ex-partner Roger Weir unleashed his attack. The 45-year-old beat his former fiancee repeatedly with a metal baton, shooting her with a boat flare and slashing her neck with a meat cleaver at her flat in Eastleigh, Southampton. Self-confessed 'psycho': Roger Weir (right) was jailed for 18 years for a violent attack on his former fiancee Gillian Blackmore (left) and their 20-month-old daughter when he discovered that she had a new partner
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Roger Weir was jailed for 18 years for his violent attack on his ex-fiancee
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Gillian Blackmore was beaten with a baton, shot with a boat flare and had her neck slashed with a meat cleaver
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He then threatened to kill their 20-month-old daughter by feeding her heroin
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