A drunken man strangled his partner AND her dog, a court heard. Adrian Tucker became agitated and accused the complainant of cheating on him, Bristol Crown Court was told.
After threatening to kill her, he placed both his hands around her neck and started to strangle her before smashing her head against a wall and punching her on the nose. He then apologised - asking her and her daughter to kill him - before he left her Henbury home and grabbed her Jack Russell Terrier dog around the neck until it was shaking, the court heard.
Tucker, 52, of Vallis Way in Frome, pleaded guilty to strangulation and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.
