A violent boyfriend has been jailed after his terrified partner used a special code during a 999 call to alert police that she was being attacked.
Alexander Boy left victim Emma Parkinson with bruises all over her face and head in the drunken assault at her flat in Exeter, Devon.
She used a special facility on the 999 system to alert police without him realising what she was doing. She used the code 55 to indicate that she was in distress but unable to speak.
Police arrested Boy as he fled the flat and found Miss Parkinson injured in her bedroom. The 55 code was introduced to enable 999 call handlers to distinguish between nuisance calls and those from victims of violence who are too scared to speak.
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