A woman was so petrified of her violent boyfriend that she climbed out of a first floor window and fell as she tried to escape his attack.
The victim, who has not been named, had locked herself in the bathroom but when Curtis Thomas Peachment began to break down the door she took the drastic action to try and flee.
She was rushed to hospital where she was treated for a fractured vertebrae, a cut to the back of her head, bruising to her eye and a swollen lip.
Northampton Crown Court heard the Peachment and his victim were getting ready for a night out in February 2019 when he took had a go at her because of what she was wearing, Northants Live reports.
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