A woman suffered two miscarriages while in a controlling relationship with her boyfriend who bullied and battered her.
Patrick McConnell, 34, subjected his then girlfriend to vile abuse and 'treated her like his possession', a judge said.
When she became pregnant for the first time McConnell said he would 'stress her out until she lost the baby' adding "it will be funny".
The woman, who the ECHO has chosen not to name, suffered a miscarriage days later, although a judge said there was no evidence the two incidents were linked.
Months later he punched her, headbutted her and banged her head against a wall while she was pregnant for a second time.
Neither of them knew she was pregnant when he carried out the attack, a court heard.
Michael Scholes, prosecuting at Liverpool Crown Court, explained the woman was in a relationship with McConnell from August 2020 until January 2021.
He said McConnell "tried to stop her seeing her father" and from "seeing her mother or sister".
Mr Scholes said when the woman said she wanted to end the relationship McConnell threatened to to kill himself, the woman or her family.
He said: "He would go with her wherever she went and would get the bus to work with her in the mornings."
McConnell ordered her to "stop wearing makeup, accusing her of trying to impress someone at work".
Mr Scholes said he also assaulted her, punching her and grabbing her by the throat and "repeatedly punched her in the stomach".
In October 2020 the woman "told the defendant she was five weeks pregnant and wanted to keep the baby".
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McConnell "blocked her exit to the bedroom" and told her she "couldn't leave until she agreed to have an abortion".
The woman told police: "He said he would stress me out until we lost the baby and started laughing at me and said 'it will be funny.'"
She said: "I cried as soon as he let me out because I was scared."
The woman suffered a miscarriage a few days later, but a judge confirmed there was no evidence before the court linking the two incidents.
On December 18 last year the woman was on a Christmas works night out in Liverpool when she realised she left something at home and went back.
The woman "noticed her phone was missing" and went to McConnell's home where he "grabbed her by the shirt, dragged her inside, punched her in the stomach" he began "grabbing her by the throat", "headbutting her" and "banging her head against the wall whilst grabbing her hair".
The judge, Recorder Tom Gilbart, said: "It was only when she started screaming you relented and let her go."
She was left with a lump on her forehead and a black eye.
Neither the woman nor McConnell were aware she was pregnant at the time but she took a pregnancy test and a days later suffered a second miscarriage.
The judge said there was again no evidence to suggest the attack resulted in the miscarriage, despite the woman believing that to be the case.
The pair got back together on January 15 and she described "passing out in McConnell's bathroom" after drinking, upon which he "took photographs of her sitting on the toilet" while she was naked from the waist down.
He threatened to put the photographs on Facebook or send them to family members whenever she said she wanted to leave him.
Mr Scholes said: "He would also tell her to meet him and if she wasn't where he told her to be in 10 minutes he would distribute the photographs."
Police were called after he continued his threats to release the image.
In a victim personal statement the woman said the abuse left her anxious.
Mr Scholes said: "She describes herself constantly on edge wondering when the next event would happen."
She was worried while he was in prison he would try to call her or send her letters.
The woman added that "she's not the same person she was before" and is "anxious to start her life afresh".
Her dad said she is "withdrawn" and said his daughter has "become a stranger", a "bag of nerves" and "she hardly ever smiles anymore".
Mr Scholes said she has received counselling and is suffering from PTSD.
McConnell was previously convicted in November of disclosing a private sexual photograph, commonly referred to as revenge porn.
He was handed a sentence of eight months suspended for 18 months which he has now breached.
John Rowan, defending, said: "For the first time in his life he is going to have some time in custody to consider where his life is heading.
"Before he enters any relationships upon his release he is going to have to consider whether that is an appropriate relationship and whether he can cope.
"Otherwise there is going to be a string of victims left in this man's wake and he understands that."
Mr Rowan said McConnell had abused alcohol and was accessing support.
He explained McConnell was previously stabbed to the head and has suffered from anxiety and depression, having been hospitalised in the past for "suicidal ideations".
Mr Rowan said McConnell "does apologise" adding "there is a level of remorse", but the court heard McConnell "doesn't accept everything" that has been said, although he pleaded guilty.
McConnell, of Hollingbourne Road, Norris Green, admitted controlling and coercive behaviour, assault causing actual bodily harm and breaching his suspended sentence.
The judge said: "These were quite appalling offences, coercive, controlling and bullying your partner."
Recorder Gilbart said McConnell used violence and threatened her, adding "you treated her as though she were your possession then you took advantage of her drunken and vulnerable state" and said he used it to "hold power over her".
The judge said: "You should be utterly ashamed of yourself."
McConnell was jailed for two years and 10 months and a 10 year restraining order was imposed to protect the victim.
