Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter A jealous thug battered his sleeping ex-girlfriend following a party after going through her phone and accusing her of cheating on him.
Thomas Hughes, 31, and his former partner were at the same party when she decided to go to bed as she was tired. Shortly after, she woke to find him towering over her before he claimed she had been messaging another man, Manchester Crown Court heard. Read more: Shocking footage shows speeding driver doing over 120mph on the M602 Hughes, of Blackley, then grabbed her by the neck and began to repeatedly punch her to the face and body.
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