A "controlling" drunken thug attacked his girlfriend after they got into an argument about coronavirus a court heard. Joseph Jones, 41, kicked, throttled and slapped his partner in her own flat during the "sustained" assault leaving her with two black eyes.
He then ordered her to wash her own blood from her face. She was only able to raise the alarm the following morning when he left the following flat to buy more booze.
Jones, who has a record of domestic violence, has now been jailed by a judge who said he was a danger to others. He has been in a relationship with the woman for a number of years Minshull Street Crown Court was told and would often stay at her flat in Stockport.
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