A Gainesville man was arrested after police said he choked his wife of 12 years with a phone cord and busted a hole in the wall with her head.
Cecil Lamar Jackson, 42, was arrested for attempted murder Sunday at his wife's home on Southeast 14th Avenue.
He was arrested for domestic battery in June and was ordered to stay away from his wife, according to the arrest report.
His wife told police she had been exercising in her living room around 6 p.m. when her husband snuck into the house through the back door with a key his son gave him.
She told police her husband grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her, but she broke away from his hold and ran to the bedroom.
Her husband followed her, clutched her head and slammed it into the wall, leaving a skull-sized hole in the wall, according to the report.
She said she tried to call 911 from a phone next to the bed, but her husband pulled the phone out of its jack.
He then wound the phone cord around her neck to stop her breathing and repeatedly said "gonna kill you," the report stated.
She told police she begged him to stop, and he relaxed his grip enough for her to say she would go to counseling with him if he would stop.
She was able to leave the house and get in her car to drive away and call police.
Jackson was found hiding in the house's attic when police arrived.
He said he knew he had violated his restraining order, but he denied attacking his wife, according to the police report.
He told police they had only talked about counseling and that he had punched the hole in the wall with his hand.
