A thug who smashed his way into a house in the early hours and dragged his former partner out against her will has been jailed.
Cameron O'Neill, who has a history harassing and stalking women, was on a suspended sentence for breaching a restraining order on his ex when he struck again. The victim was at her friend's house in Killingworth, North Tyneside, when O'Neill began sending messages to the friend asking if she was there and accusing her of cheating on him.
He then turned up, uninvited, at 4am and tried to gain entry, shouting and causing a disturbance while the friend's child was in bed. The two women barricaded themselves into a bedroom and frantically rang police asking them to come quickly but they did not get there in time.
