A man who strangled a woman and then slammed her head into a kitchen wall has been jailed. Julian Mead assaulted the woman after an argument in her home in the Whitemoor area of Nottingham, on October 18, 2021.
She tried to push the 38-year-old away after he had put his arm around her neck and strangled her. After releasing her neck, he grabbed the back of her head and forced it into the wall, causing her pain to her head and neck, before she fell to the floor.
Mead, of Hanslope Crescent, Bilborough, went on to plead guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and he was sentenced to 12 months in prison when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, April 25. He was also made the subject of a three-year restraining order.
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Police Constable Nicholas Jamieson, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "I hope that now Mead has been locked up for this brutal assault, this woman is now able to move on with her life.
“She deserves a huge amount of credit for reporting this incident to police and I hope her brave actions encourage anyone else who has been affected by domestic abuse to contact us, either directly or indirectly, so that we can protect them.
“As a force, we treat domestic abuse extremely seriously and will respond swiftly and robustly to reports made to us. I want to reassure anyone who is suffering domestic abuse that Nottinghamshire Police is here to help and support you – you are not alone.
"If you are in danger, please call 999 and we will come to your aid."
Nottinghamshire Police after the case outlined the support available to those affected by domestic abuse, including the Silent Solution police system, which people can use to report an emergency when it's not safe for them to speak, and the #YouAreNotAlone campaign. They added that people could also use a freephone 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline number – 0808 2000 247 and www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk
