A ‘jealous bully’ repeatedly assaulted, verbally attacked and threatened to kill his girlfriend in a ‘persistent’ campaign of violence.
Kyle Samuels, 33, met his former partner in January 2020, during which she described him as the ‘nicest boyfriend she could ask for’.
However, as lockdown came, his treatment of her deteriorated and he began controlling who she had contact with and what she wore, Manchester Crown Court heard. READ MORE: Hotel worker crept into guests' rooms and stole jewellery worth thousands - including woman's engagement ring He told her who she could and couldn’t go out with, accused her of sleeping with her work colleagues and would regularly lock the door of his flat and leave her inside without a key. “As the relationship continued his behaviour escalated.
He made repeated threats to kill her and her family as well as making continual derogatory remarks and insulting her,” Mark Kellet, prosecuting, said.
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