Teesside Crown Court heard that Dominic Winner, 23, removed the name of a former lover to prove he was faithful
A man cut a tattoo off his arm in front of his scared girlfriend in a catalogue of threats and violence, a court heard.
Dominic Winner, 23, from Hemlington, used a Stanley knife to remove the name of a former lover to prove he was faithful.
Prosecutor Nigel Soppitt told Teesside Crown Court, on Friday, that Winner was also violent to his new girlfriend as well as jealous, bullying and controlling.
Mr Soppitt said that she started a relationship with Winner last October and in November she became concerned because there were many arguments.
In November he pushed her around, causing her pain and discomfort after blaming her when he missed a doctor’s appointment.
The arguments got worse and he self-harmed in front of her, was jealous and controlling.
Mr Soppitt said: “He took a Stanley knife and cut a tattoo of a former girlfriend’s name to prove he was faithful.
“A few days later they argued about her use of her phone.
“He threatened to take her phone, her TV and clean out her bank account.”
Winner was swearing and he grabbed her right breast, squeezed and twisted it, causing the skin to rip.
She fell and banged her head and suffered a perforated eardrum.
Shortly after that she told him that she would leave him if he wanted the relationship to end. He pushed her against the bedroom wall and he threw her on to the bed.
Mr Soppitt added: “He was looking for his knife, and he told her that she deserved it.”
After the third incident she finally reported his assaults to the police and she was photographed covered with bruises.
When Winner was interviewed by police he said: “She is making everything 10 times worse.”
He was also interviewed about a knife which he dropped after being chased from the back of a nearby house in Hemlington and caught by the police.
On his record he had a previous conviction for assaulting his mother in 2009 and for affray in 2010 when he approached a house in Hemlington with a knife.
Mr Soppitt added: “The Crown say that the offences were in aggravated circumstances because they were repeated assaults on the same victim and, in the course of one assault, he said that he was looking for a knife,”
John Gillette, defending, said that Winner had been in custody for five months and he had re-established a relationship with the mother of his children, who had visited him in prison.
He added: “There are still issues and attitudes to be addressed and he would very much appreciate assistance with that.”
The judge told Winner that because he had already served the equivalent of a 10-month sentence he would give him a suspended sentence which would allow him to be supervised.
Winner, of Dalwood Court, Hemlington, was given a 16-month jail sentence suspended for two years with supervision and a Building Better Relationships programme after he pleaded guilty to two common assaults, an actual bodily harm assault and possession of a knife between November and January.
The judge also imposed a restraining order for eight years banning Winner from contacting, causing harassment, alarm or distress to the girlfriend and two other women associated with her.
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