Woman nearly dies in Montana Honour Attack:

How long will these honour attacks continue. Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year to three million women who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.

Man Gets 6 Years for Shoving Mobile Phone Down Girlfriend's Throat

Marlon Brando Gill, 25, had faced a maximum sentence of seven years in prison after a jury convicted him last month of the second-degree assault for the December 2005 incident. His attorney has said he plans to appeal the conviction

Gill told jurors in both trials that the victim, Melinda Abell, intentionally put the phone in her own mouth after he asked her whom she had been calling.

Doctors said Abell nearly died from a blocked airway.