Jordan Richardson, 27, of Larchwood Avenue, Fawdon, Newcastle, has been sentenced for assaulting his partner after becoming jealous when she spoke to a male friend in a pub.
The assault
On November 14 last year, the victim was at The Peacock pub on Arlington Avenue in Kenton, Newcastle. Around 8pm, she was talking to a male friend when Richardson interrupted and became aggressive. Newcastle Crown Court heard he demanded to know who she was talking to, and they left the pub to go home.
In a taxi, he continued ranting about people in the pub. The woman told him to go home and not enter her home, but he said he wanted to collect belongings. He persisted in talking about people in the pub and started recording the woman, trying to provoke a reaction.
When she asked him to leave, he began pushing her. She tried to phone the police, but he grabbed her phone. She managed to press a button that sounded a siren. Richardson then punched her repeatedly to her face, arms, and legs. They ended up outside, where he pushed her into a fence and gate, punched her again to the head and chest, and grabbed her hair.
Impact on the victim
The woman said: "I was incredibly upset and I was in pain." She vomited twice while waiting for the police and had blurred vision; one of her contact lenses had fallen out.
Richardson pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Sentencing
Recorder Tony Hawks said: "You've got to be sentenced for a very unpleasant assault on your then-partner. These courts are sick and tired of dealing with people like you who, fuelled with drink, get yourself in a jealous rage and attack your partner. This sort of domestic violence has appalling consequences on people, not just because of the physical injuries but the psychological harm it does. This is a bad offence."
Richardson was sentenced to 18 months suspended for two years with 100 hours unpaid work and an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement for 120 days. His barrister made no representations after being told the sentence would be suspended.
