Blue and black or white and gold dress? This question, which remained unanswered for a long time, had seen the entire Internet confront itself. The dress in question was worn at the Johnston couple’s wedding in 2015 by the bride’s mother.
But the couple’s relationship quickly descended into violence. Accused of attempted murder of his wife, Keir Johnston was sentenced this Thursday in Glasgow to four and a half years in prison for violently assaulting and strangling his wife, report the English media.
The man, like his wife from the island of Colonsay, in Scotland, pleaded guilty last May in court for acts dating back to March 2022. Keir Johnston is said to have assaulted his wife on several occasions before brandishing a knife and try to strangle him. According to the elements revealed during his appearance, the 39-year-old man increased the threats and attacks on his wife of eleven years. Between April 2019 and March 2022, Johnston is accused of pushing his wife against a wall, yelling at her or even strangling her.
“My husband is trying to kill me”
This March 6, 2022, Grace Johnston returned to her marital home on the island of Colonsay, in Scotland, after receiving text messages from her husband complaining of not being supported enough, and informing him of his intention of wanting to leave her, reported The Independent.
When she arrived, he then followed her and tackled her to the ground before attempting to strangle her with both hands. Fearing for her life, she was able to scream and a witness intervened. Grace Johnston was able to call 999: “My husband is trying to kill me,” she told the operator. The man continued to struggle with his wife a second time, then brandished a knife and shouted “someone is going to die” before the witness intervened again.
In addition to the 54-month prison sentence, Johnston is banned from contacting his wife for 10 years.
A viral dress
The couple became the center of media attention in 2015, when they posted a photo on social media of the mother of the bride’s dress, which appeared to some to be gold and white due to the poor quality of the dress. ‘picture.
Celebrities took a stand: Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber seeing black and blue, while Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry saw white and gold.
