A man attacked and strangled his partner after having a row over household chores.
Nicholas Rose subjected his former girlfriend to violent attacks between March and August, last year, and would strangle and punch her. The 24-year-old's attacks became so common, his partner resorted to shaving her head so that he could no longer grab hold of it during assaults.
Rose, of Church Street, Shildon, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for counts of assault by beating and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Jonathan Gittins, prosecuting, said the couple had been in a relationship and had moved in together in February, last year, and were living in Newton Aycliffe - but Rose became violent around April.
