A mother-of-two died in the street after her drunken boyfriend threw a mobile phone at her neck. A court heard that Levi Ogden collapsed after being hit by the phone thrown by Lloyd Birkby in Halifax town centre.
The 26-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest due to the impact of the phone causing bleeding in her brain. Birkby, 27, who had a history of domestic violence against Ms Ogden, has now been jailed for five years at Leeds Crown Court.
The incident, which was caught on CCTV, happened following an argument between the pair during a night out in November last year, the judge was told.
Judge Geoffrey Marson QC told Birkby, of Langdale Street, Elland, West Yorkshire: "You will have to carry with you the knowledge that you have deprived the
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