Violent Gateshead boyfriend jailed for strangling partner during arguement
A violent boyfriend has been jailed for 21-months after strangling his partner during a heated domestic row.
Brandon Holmwood, of Chapel View, Gateshead, called the woman a names and raged against her when he arrived at her address on April 22 last year.
As she packed items that he had at her place Holmwood, 28, smashed a TV on the bedroom floor before marching downstairs, where he flung open a door which crashed into the blind great-grandmother of the complainant, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
As the argument continued upstairs, he pinned his victim to the bed and wrapped his hands around her neck.
He only stopped when his ex-partner kicked him, but he went on to headbutt the door in his rage before grabbing his victim’s hand and slapping her with it, asking her: “Why are you hitting yourself?”
He eventually left the house while screaming insults at her.
The victim said in a statement that the attack had left her terrified and she had since been diagnosed with PTSD, while she has night terrors and fears leaving her home.
Mr Recorder Thomas Moran jailed him for 21-months, saying he could expect to serve half of it in custody.
Holmwood, who was found guilty of intentional strangulation at trial, was also served with a 10-year restraining order to keep him away from his victim.