A "violent and abusive" man repeatedly smashed his partner's head into the floor and threw a mirror and cabinet at her from the top of the stairs, a court heard. He also spat in her face and slapped her while he made her pack his bags.
Drunken bully Lewis Gibson, 35, had drunk seven bottles of beer before he viciously attacked his then girlfriend at her Newport home late into May 31 and the early hours of June 1. The father-of-two left her with severe cuts and bruises during the assault after he accused the victim of lying to him.
He had previously been made subject to a domestic violence protection notice but wormed his way back into his victim's life after apologising and claiming he would treat her better. But a sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard Gibson became enraged while he and the victim were drinking and playing computer games at her home.
