A thug has been jailed after he threw his partner against a radiator then kicked and hit her as she lay on the floor.
HGV driver Alan Tannerhill first locked the victim inside her Newcastle home before dragging her up some stairs while shouting "get up here". A court heard that the 52-year-old then threw her across some kitchen cabinets and against a radiator, which caused her to hurt her back and fall on the ground.
Whilst on the floor, Tannerhill continued the assault by kicking and hitting her until she managed grab her phone, ring the police and run out the house, prosecutors said. Tannerhill, of Kirkheaton Place, in Fenham, was arrested but pleaded not guilty to assault by beating when he appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
