A brute confined his girlfriend to their eighth-floor flat where he made her remove her braces with a pair of pliers and threatened to kill their unborn baby during a two-year campaign of horrific domestic abuse.
Restaurant chef Thomas Fosbrook, 33, was so obsessed with controlling the movements of work colleague Holly Jepson he removed all the interior doors to their apartment so she had no privacy and even painted over the windows so no one could see inside.
During their abusive relationship "narcissist" Fosbrook banned Miss Jepson from speaking to friends and family, took control of her finances and would deliberately sleep on the side of the bed closest to the open doorframe in case she tried to leave him.
He also changed the intercom system so she could not let anyone in and whenever they did go out, Fosbrook kept a hammer in their oldest child's pram in case she challenged him.
Miss Jepson had to resort to getting provisions from food banks as he squandered all their money on drugs.
Whilst she was pregnant with their second child, he vowed to "gut out" the unborn infant during a row.
Miss Jepson eventually escaped after she managed to send a clandestine SOS email to her mother.
Police rescued her from their barren flat in the Lancashire Hill area of Stockport Greater Manchester in May this year.
In a statement, the victim who has been left with debts of £1,400, said: "I always find misery and heartache when I think about what he has put me and my children through.
"It makes me feel so stupid and naive and I wish I was one step ahead of him.
"The fact is it did not take long for me to fall deeply in love with him. He targeted me and controlled me because I was young.
'Within the first year, there were signs of coercive and controlling behaviour. We moved into his father's flat and I saw my friends and family less and less.
"We put our wages together and money went out every month but it would fund his drug addiction.
"He demanded for me not to talk to any other men at the restaurant where we worked at and he made it clear I was to dress the way he wanted me to. I felt socially awkward everywhere I went.
"He mentioned if any other men were to look at me he would kill them. He said he was jealous of my own mother.
'He provided little or no help and I was in no state to question anything he said or did. I just spent every day with my thoughts.
"We were living in total isolation for nearly two years. When we went out together, it was just for a quick shop. I rarely enjoyed going out.
"He painted the rooms and windows as he was not wanting anyone to see from outside even though our flat is on the eighth floor. I feel sick to my stomach as to why he wanted so much privacy."
She added: "I was left in debt to feed his drug habit which is all in my name. I had zero control of my finances and now have £1,400 debt including rent arrears which I have been unable to pay.
"He cleared his bank account to avoid paying for any child maintenance for his two other children he had with a previous partner.
"But I was blinded and was willing to believe anything. I feel ashamed and disgusted that I believed the terrible lies I believed. On one occasion I had no choice but to remove my own braces with plyers. I had nowhere to go and nowhere to turn to.
'He was controlling me in awful ways, belittling me and spitting at me in private and in public. When I did not have money for drugs, I was shoved around and slapped in the face. He would kick me in my hairline so that the damage was hidden. I watched as all of my personal belongings were sold.
'I knew he was a dangerous man so I remained submissive throughout his outbursts. I was scared and I considered jumping out of my eighth story window.
'My children are the only positive things I have gained from that relationship but I know I am always going to carry the weight and insecurities. I suffered egotistical and narcissistical abuse.
"There is no such thing as love. I was a target for him and I hope he is never given the chance of doing this to another woman."
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Fosbrook who has a tattoo of an inverted cross on his forehead was jailed for three years after he admitted coercive behaviour.
A restraining issue was also issued, banning him from contacting the victim.
The couple met in January 2019 whilst working together in the kitchens of a restaurant and they moved into together at a flat in the name of Fosbrook's father.
Prosecutor Rachel Widdicombe told the court how he cut her off from the outside world.
Fosbrook had previous convictions for domestic violence in 2012 and drug dealing in May and Nov 2015.
He also has offences on his record of battery in 2006 and common assault in 2006, 2007 and 2012.
