A man subjected his ex-partner to a "prolonged and nasty" assault and punched her repeatedly in the face.
Dameon Craven carried out a drunken attack on his former partner despite being banned from contacting her due to being subject of a restraining order. The 43-year-old then went on to dangerously pull the handbrake on as they were travelling in a car a week later.
Craven, of Willow Crescent, Blyth, appeared at Durham Crown Court to be sentenced for assault, causing actual bodily harm, criminal damage, endangering road users, and assaulting an emergency worker. He had pleaded guilty to the charges at a previous hearing. He also previously admitted breaches of a restraining order, between mid-December last year and mid-January this year.
