Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city A man strangled his ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill her and her son - he asked her: “You want to see how wicked I can be"?
Graham Hammond, 45, had been with his partner for three years, but was jealous, abusive and violent after just six months of being together.
On one occasion he came home drunk and on drugs from a night out, and accused her of ‘thinking she was better than him’, Manchester Crown Court heard. Read more: Drunken thug promised to kill partner and her family at 60th birthday party - then repeated it in front of police He then headbutted her and threw her into a cast iron fireplace, which then fell on top of her.
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