An Army veteran who struck his partner and attempted to strangle her as she sat in her bed has been ordered to pay compensation.
As previously reported on Chroniclelive, drunk Zac Bowmer left the terrified victim struggling to breath as she begged him to stop during the assault in her own home. A court heard that the 28-year-old had turned up uninvited at the woman's address and let himself in using a spare key before going into her bedroom.
Inside, rather than go to sleep, Bowmer demanded she turned the TV off then flew into a rage when she told him to sleep in the other room. Magistrates in Newcastle were told that he shouted some abuse before striking the victim to the side of the head and grabbing her throat with both hands.
