Gateshead dad threatened to 'chop' ex-partner's head off in vile message rant Richard Burnham, from Gatehead, made the vile threat after he was told he would not be seeing his daughter Sign up for our regular free newsletter for court stories sent straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A Gateshead dad threatened to chop his ex-partner’s head off during a text rant over access to their child.