A young thug launched into a "frenzied" and prolonged beating of his girlfriend as she slept in her own bed.
Patrick Schofield, 19, attacked the victim, who the ECHO have chosen not to name, after sneakily trawling through her phone messages when she went to bed on January 14 this year. Distressing images of the victim's bloody and battered face were shown on TV screens in Liverpool Crown Court where Schofield, of East Albert Road, Sefton Park, appeared for sentence on Tuesday.
Jamie Baxter, prosecuting, told the court the pair had been in a relatively short relationship, but the victim said Schofield began to have issues with jealousy towards the end of 2021. Mr Baxter said: "The defendant was becoming more and more accusatory in respects of his beliefs about infidelity.
