direct to your inboxA mum has been left unable to smile after being subjected to a 'savage' and 'brutal' attack in her own home by her ex-partner.She was left in a pool of blood and barely conscious after being repeatedly punched to the face by alcohol and crack cocaine fulled Christopher Troy.Troy, 33, from Tameside, kicked her to the head after landing repeated blows, in what a judge described as a 'final and insulting blow'.He later told his mother he thought he'd killed her, and was initially accused of attempted murder.
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