A thug broke his wife's back in a vicious drunken attack then refused to take her to hospital.
Jonathan Hall repeatedly kicked his partner as she lay defenceless on the floor, continuing to rain down blows even after she pleaded for him to stop. The incident came only weeks after the couple were married, and was followed by two further domestic assaults.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, that the 47-year-old and his victim Amanda Lomax had been in a relationship for around six years before being wed in September last year. But her mum refused to attend the ceremony as she was "appalled at the prospect" of him marrying her daughter, with their romance having been marred by a troubled history.
