A sick thug carried out a "vicious and sustained attack" lasting eight hours against his girlfriend while her terrified five-year-old daughter watched on.
Shane Dodd had been in a relationship with his victim for just four weeks when he became enraged after she refused to pay for a taxi for him to see her, according to Chronicle Live.
He then arrived at her house, drunk and carrying cans of lager and a bottle of wine, before launching into the violent assault in front of the young child.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how he threw a can of lager at the wall during the incident in July, at which point the frightened mum told him to leave.
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