A man hit his girlfriend with a spade while she fed her son breakfast before throwing bags of dog poo at her, a court has heard.
Jake Shaw, 30, then suffocated Kirsty Burrows with a pillow in a terrifying ordeal that ended when her dog intervened to defend the woman, allowing her to escape.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Shaw and Ms Burrows had been in an "on-off relationship" for around eight years after meeting via a dating website, reports the Liverpool Echo.
