'Jekyll & Hyde': Man's violent outburst after watching Hitler and Darth Vader videos

An afternoon drinking and watching videos about Hitler and Darth Vader sparked a violent outburst from a man with a “Jekyll and Hyde” personality. Beau Aindow was yelling at the video with such anger that his ex-partner asked him to give her space and went upstairs in her Nelson home. It ended with him attacking her with kitchen chairs, threatening her with a large kitchen knife when he was refused more cider, and squirting tomato sauce throughout the kitchen.

His lawyer Kelly Hennessy said Aindow was a “Jekyll and Hyde” who lost all sense of boundaries and harm caused to others when drinking. He accepted the outcome could have been “far worse” but Aindow, who had been in custody since his arrest in May, did possess insight into what happened.