University graduate Ryan Boyce,27, who turned to Buddhism to be 'off grid' from society has been convicted of attacking his girlfriend Katie Wych at knifepoint argument about his job
A university graduate who turned to Buddhism to be 'off grid' from society has been convicted of attacking his girlfriend at knifepoint during an argument about him getting a new 9-5 office job.
Ryan Boyce, 27, lost his temper at Katie Wych after she repeatedly questioned him about his employment at a marketing firm - claiming his appointment as a manager had made him 'dismissive' and 'angry.'
During a 8pm row at Miss Wych's father's home, Boyce - who was due to move into a trendy flat with friends - grabbed a kitchen knife and brandished it at his lover saying: 'Don't f..king test me or I will do something.' The terrified victim, also 27, a former zoology student fled into the street barefoot and wearing only a dressing grown and called police.
Officers called to the property in Heaton Chapel, Stockport, Greater Manchester recorded Miss Wyrch on body cam equipment saying: 'We had a conversation about how Ryan is a very spiritual man, and likes his Hinduism and Buddhism, wants to be off grid and not be in society.
'I was talking about his work changing him as a person - it is making him not be the person I fell in love with and is making him more aggressive, more in your face, angry. He's normally a very calm collected person, he's very much into his Buddhism. I noticed that his behaviour was changing with the work that he was in. I noticed that his behaviour towards people had changed.'
Katie Wych, 27, was house sitting at her father's flat when Boyce became aggressive
At Stockport magistrates court, Bolton University graduate Boyce who lives in Hulme, Manchester was convicted of common assault.
The couple had dated for eight years but began drifting apart after leaving their respective universities and he began working for a digital marketing firm in Manchester city centre. It is thought he had previously begun following Buddhism following a trip to Sri Lanka.
The incident occurred on March 3 last year after they met up at a Meditteranean restaurant at 4pm before their pair went back together to Miss Wych's father's flat to drink rose wine and become intimate.
Aberystwyth University graduate Miss Wych, 27, who had been housesitting at the flat wept as she told the hearing: 'I was trying to find out what Ryan's job was because as far as I could understand he had gone from wanting to be a physiotherapist to working in an office - a 9-5 job.
Katie Wych, 27, was house sitting at her father's flat when Boyce became aggressive
'I wanted to try and find out how he'd gone from wanting to help people into this 9 to 5 office job - he had never wanted to do that. But he didn't really explain to me what the job was. He was just very
