A man who attacked his partner during a prolonged assault at her Workington home has been jailed.
Iain Corris, 52, was drunk and barely able to speak when the woman woke at 7.30am on February 3.
After the woman left their address, Corris sent abusive text messages and, over the course of around two hours, bombarded her with phone calls.
Corris was waiting for the woman when she returned mid-afternoon and so began, prosecutor Kim Whittlestone told Carlisle Crown Court today, a prolonged and persistant assault.
He immediately began shouting, took hold of her ears and delivered repeated punches and kicks, striking her on the back — previously a problem area for her.
“He grabbed her by her windpipe and asked her if she wanted to die,” said Miss Whittlestone.
After Corris kicked her downstairs, added the prosecutor: “She thought that he was going to kill her.” She managed to stand up and reach the front door but he kicked her into it. “
A young child was present in the house throughout.
Neighbours became aware of the violence and police were called. The woman was taken to hospital having suffered numerous injuries, including lumps and bruises to the head and face, and a suspected eye socket fracture.
As Corris struggled with police he kicked one officer in the mid-section — winding him — and was violent in a patrol vehicle. He later admitted actual bodily assault on the woman, and assaulting an emergency worker.
The woman had declined to provide an impact statement, had asked that a restraining order not be imposed and was the victim of a previous domestic assault at Corris’s hands, in 2015.
He was described as being remorseful, motivated to remain alcohol and substance-free when released from custody, where he had already served the equivalent of an eight-month jail term on remand.
But Recorder Andrew Nuttall jailed Corris for 21 months, saying he was not at all persuaded there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.
“The whole sorry episode must have been terrifying for your partner,” he told Corris, of no fixed address. “Nobody should have to put up with this kind of violence, and this court will not tolerate it.”
