A woman whose ex-girlfriend attacked her with a claw hammer claims she was inspired by Netflix’s toxic serial killer drama “You”.

Chloe James, 27, was watching the streaming service thriller when she threatened her partner: “If you ever finish with me I’ll turn into him,” referencing the program’s murderous main character, Joe.

But her threats came true when she attacked Chloe Coehlo, 21, two years later after being dumped.

Ms Coehlo, of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, said her partner begged her for one last countryside walk with their dog Ted.

She was then attacked with a claw hammer as she fell to the ground “covered in her own blood”.

James claimed she was acting in self-defence but pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm on the day she was due to stand trial.

Swansea Crown Court heard last year how when Ms Coehlo’s back was turned James retrieved a claw hammer from the boot of the car and hit her over the head with it repeatedly.

The attack was only stopped when by chance another car drove past.

Her ex-partner has now blasted her 22-month suspended sentence - and said: “It was an absolute joke.”

She said: “I was utterly devastated when she got a suspended sentence.

“It was an absolute joke. I felt like I had been assaulted all over again.”

The horrific attack came two years after the couple had been watching the hit Netflix series “You” together.

The show featured Joe, played by Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley, who becomes obsessed with Guinevere Beck and attacks her partner with a hammer.