A violent thug who subjected his partner to a prolonged public attack involving punches, kicks and a headbutt has been jailed.
Luther Ormston repeatedly threatened to kill the woman while carrying out a shocking attack after the distressed victim tried to run from his car as he filled up with fuel.
Newcastle Crown Court heard it was on January 21 this year that Ormston pulled into an Esso garage on Hadrian Road, Wallsend, just before 8pm in a VW Golf and got out and began putting fuel in the car. Jolyon Perks, prosecuting, said: "As he did so a female who was clearly distressed and crying ran from the passenger seat of that car across the forecourt onto the road on the other side of the petrol station.
