A sadistic 'monster' left his girlfriend fearing for her life after subjecting her to a terrifying attack in a Travelodge hotel room. Sean Mellin's victim described him as being 'demonic' and behaving like a man possessed during the appalling ordeal, in which she was repeatedly strangled.
The 30-year-old woman had previously been attacked by Mellin, 40, but felt he wouldn't continue his behaviour in a hotel where members of the public were close by. But after an argument in the privacy of their room, Mellin 'bullied and 'brutalised' her and 'enjoyed' inflicting pain, Manchester Crown Court heard.
"She genuinely believed she was going to die that night at your hand," the judge, Recorder Imran Shafi KC told Mellin. "I am entirely satisfied that you are a dangerous man."
