A man who abused his girlfriend for years would put a bag over her head and ask her how long it would take her to escape, a court has heard.
Ryan Hunter, of Walton Lane, Walton, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday after being found guilty of two counts of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The 33-year-old previously pleaded guilty to two counts of producing cannabis and one count of abstracting electricity.
Martine Snowden, prosecuting, detailed that Hunter subjected his partner of nine years to substantial verbal and physical abuse for three years. The court heard that Hunter stabbed the victim in the leg with a cutlery knife, and on another occasion, punched her in the face causing a fractured tooth.
