A man stamped on his girlfriend and dragged her around by her hair following a drunken argument in a taxi.
George Carter left his former partner terrified she'd be killed after launching a vicious attack in December last year. The 31-year-old punched her repeatedly before "straddling" her and grabbing her by the throat. He then threatened to burn down her home if she called the police.
Carter, of Tweed Street, Chopwell, appeared at Durham Crown Court to be sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage. He had pleaded guilty to the charges at a previous hearing.
