A man injured his partner with a spanner after throwing a coat at her during an argument in a caravan.
David Riddell caused injury to his partner's leg after throwing a coat at her which had a spanner in the pocket. Riddell's assault left the woman with a large bruise on her thigh and was committed just two weeks after he had been given a suspended sentence for a previous attack on the same woman.
Riddell, of North Road, Catchgate, Annfield Plain, County Durham, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Monday to be sentenced for common assault. He had pleaded guilty to the offence.
