A "controlling" boyfriend wouldn't let his girlfriend see her terminally ill father, subjected her beatings and stamped on her in the street.
Domestic abuser, Jonathan Armstrong punched his then-partner repeatedly in the face and even attempted to bite her forehead during a relationship that was marred by violence. The 28-year-old also contacted her constantly over WhatsApp during a "one-sided messaging process" and was seen by a witness stamping on her head in the street.
Armstrong, whose address was listed as HMP Durham, appeared at Durham Crown Court via link to the prison to be sentenced for causing actual bodily harm, coercive and controlling behaviour, and criminal damage. He had pleaded guilty to the charges, which were committed between April and June this year.
