A man hit his girlfriend with a shovel as she fed her son breakfast before throwing bags of dog poo at her.
Jake Shaw then suffocated his partner with a pillow in a terrifying ordeal, which only ended when her dog sprung to her defence attacked the vile abuser - allowing her to escape.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday, Wednesday, that the 30-year-old and Kirsty Burrows had been in an "on off relationship" for around eight years after meeting via a dating website. Eve Salter, prosecuting, described how the couple had argued about their puppies on the evening of February 20 last year and she slept in her son's room that night as she "feared what the defendant may do".
