A controlling man told his partner 'it's like looking after a baby' and called her 'dumbolino' after she suffered a stroke. Darren Buckley, 55, admitted behaving in a controlling and coercive way towards his partner of 19 years.
She claimed the relationship had been 'toxic from the start' with 'more bad days than good', Manchester Crown Court heard. Prosecutors said that Buckley's controlling behaviour, committed over a five year period, 'escalated' when she suffered a stroke.
She felt it put a 'strain' on their relationship and that he 'blamed her' for it. Prosecuting, Katherine Wright said Buckley, from Wythenshawe, told her 'it's like looking after a baby' and said 'you're a dumbolino'.
