A man "forcefully" shoved a woman he had just met down concrete steps leaving her with serious facial injuries.
Bobby Taylor and his victim had only met a short time before the assault, and were sat together talking on the seafront steps outside Swansea Civic Centre
After pushing the woman down the steps - a fall which left her with a broken jaw and knocked three of her teeth out - the defendant fled the scene but was identified after witnesses were able to describe his distinctive tattoos.
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Sian Cutter, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that the incident occurred on May 30 last year on Swansea seafront shortly after the defendant and the woman had met. The pair, who had both been drinking, were sat on the concrete steps which lead down to beach outside the Civic Centre when an argument broke out during which Taylor grabbed the woman by the hair and banged her head on the steps.
The court heard the victim has no memory of what happened next but two women who were sat nearby on the steps saw the defendant shove the woman "with force" down the steps.
Taylor made off and the witnesses called 999.
Officers were quickly on the scene and the women were able to describe the distinctive tattoos they had seen on the assailant, tattoos which the police recognised as belonging to the 25-year-old. Taylor was eventually tracked down and arrested on June 14.
The court heard the woman he assault suffered a broken jaw and lost three teeth as well as sustaining cuts and bruises to her face and legs. In an impact statement which was read to the court she said the attack had left her in daily pain, and wary of strangers.
Bobby James Llewelyn Taylor, of Oystermouth Road, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has nine previous convictions for 17 offences including five previous assaults, four of which were against former partners.
Tom Scapens, for Taylor, said the defendant and the complainant had formed a "short-lived friendship" after meeting while drinking in Swansea city centre on the day in question.
He said his client had turned to alcohol as a teenager, had no family for support, and had been diagnosed with pancreatitis. The barrister said Taylor wanted to use the inevitable custodial sentence he was facing as positively as possible.
Judge Paul Thomas QC told the defendant that alcohol was clearly an on-going problem for him, and said there seemed no realistic prospect of rehabilitation at the moment - the judge noted Taylor had not turned up for his interview with a probation officer who had been asked to prepare a pre-sentence report to assist the court.
With a one-quarter discount for his guilty plea Taylor was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.
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