A convicted killer chopped off his partner's "beautiful long hair" and took it away from her in a carrier bag because he thought she was seeing someone else.
Jeffrey Gosling, 33, who has a previous conviction for a one-strike manslaughter, lost control after accusing Michelle Evans of being in contact with someone else as their relationship came to an end.
Chronicle Live reports that a court heard how he smashed a mobile phone into her face then armed himself with scissors and started hacking off large chunks of her hair.