A brute has been jailed after subjecting his partner to an appalling campaign of violence, which saw him burning her with a cigarette, holding a knife to her throat and strangling her to the point that she vomited.
Terrence Urwin left his victim fearing she'd die after subjecting her to a number of attacks, during which he also threatened to pour boiling water from a kettle over her, tipped vodka, red wine, cold coffee and chilli over her head, kicked her in the back and hit her with a shoe. A court heard that, in between assaults, the 61-year-old bombarded the woman, a widow whose spouse and son had both recently died, with abusive texts and voicemails, hid her car keys and work clothes so she couldn't attend work and told her to "go an join your husband and son".
Between August and October last year, Urwin also slashed the woman's tyres, isolated her from her family, locked her out of a hotel room and posted offensive messages on Facebook. His disturbing behaviour finally came to an end when he was arrested and remanded in custody.
