For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A company director pinned his girlfriend against the kitchen wall during a drunken argument, before turning on a bystander who tried to intervene.
Lee Turner also threw a pasta jar and Christmas decorations at his then-partner during the row, causing a cut close to her eye, Bolton Crown Court heard.
Turner, of Farnworth, had been drinking vodka after finishing work on the afternoon of November 28 last year, prosecution barrister Hugh McKee told the court.
The 43-year-old, who is a director of Bolton-based property firm Luxdel, then got into an argument with his girlfriend later that evening.
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