A despicable maniac caught on camera beating his ex-partner at her Lanarkshire home sued the victim - to try and get his hands on the sofa he attacked her on.
Christopher Forrest was jailed for 27 months last year after a string of domestic violence related abuse on his ex-partner Elizabeth Shanks.
Footage captured the former delivery driver, 41, attacking the victim multiple times during a three-year-campaign of abuse.
