A bully rendered his partner unconscious after he stamped on her head during a vicious attack.
Adam Taylor had been out drinking with his partner before an argument ensued upon returning to a home in Seaham. It was then that Taylor grabbed the woman by the hair and threw her to the floor before stamping on her face and leaving her "out cold".
Taylor, 30, of Brooklyn Street, Murton, County Durham, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He had pleaded guilty to the offence at a previous hearing.