A violent brute tried to suffocate his partner with a mop pole and stamped on her when she refused to give him money for drugs.
Tony Rackstraw, who has had both his legs amputated and has prosthetic limbs, had only been going out with the victim for a few months but she described the relationship as abusive. In the early hours of July 30 last year Rackstraw attacked her in her home.
Sentencing him at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Penny Moreland said: "You had been drinking and taking cocaine and you asked her for more money to get more cocaine. She refused to give you any money and you became violent and began pushing her.
