A Scots thug who choked his girlfriend with her scarf, banged her head against doors and dragged her screaming along the floor escaped prison today.
Instead brutal drunk Daniel McNair was hit with a two-year community payback order compelling him to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work within 12 months.
He was also handed a six month restriction of liberty order confining him to his home in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear from 9pm to 6am each day.
A sheriff told him the 9pm start to his electronic tagging was so that he could continue to attend evening meetings to address the problem he had with turning violent when drunk.
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