A 'jealous' and abusive thug punched his former partner 16 times after accusing her of 'sleeping around'. Jonathan Proudman launched a brutal attack on the woman after discovering the name of another man in her phone contacts.
Bolton Crown Court heard the 35-year-old 'threatened, intimidated and insulted' his victim throughout the course of seven-month relationship.
He was later arrested, but escaped from the back of a police van and went on the run for seven weeks. Proudman, from Leigh, was jailed for three years and three months today (December 22). READ MORE: Depraved deputy head and her boyfriend jailed for repeatedly raping child Geoff Lowe, prosecuting, said Proudman's abusive behaviour began just weeks after the pair began dating
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