A man choked and bit his partner during a violent attack that lasted half an hour and told her he should "finish her off" as he sat with blood stained hands.
Mark Walker subjected his then-partner to a horrific, drunken attack that involved him biting her nose and choking her to the point she couldn't breathe. The 43-year-old left the woman with multiple bruises and a black eye following the attack on December 19 last year.
Walker, of Highfield Rise, Chester-le-Street, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault. He had pleaded guilty to the offences at a previous hearing.
