The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA thug smashed his ex-girlfriend's head against a wall and locked her up like a slave, a court heard.Police found 28-year-old Shane Bowen's girlfriend in a cupboard where he kept her prisoner.As part of his campaign of abuse, Bowen regularly throttled or headbutted his partner, controlled her money and constantly accused her of cheating on him.It was six months before their relationship transformed into a "coercive life of misery" for Bowen's victim.Prosecutor Ian Wright told Swansea Crown Court Bowen took away all her freedoms from using her own mobile phone and withdrawing her benefit money from the bank to seeing family and friends.
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