A hulking 6ft 8 brute weighing 22-stone sat on his girlfriend and punched and choked her while making death threats in a dispute over phones.
Kevin Cavanagh had confiscated his partner's mobile in an apparent act of jealousy so she threw his device out of the window. After going to retrieve it, he launched a sustained attack on her which left her covered in blood and with a broken nose.
A court heard the victim thought she was going to die as the 57-year-old assaulted her and warned she would not get out alive. Now Cavanagh, of Gateshead, has been jailed for 32 months.
