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Thug who tried to suffocate girlfriend with bedsheets and urinated in her shoes jailed

A thug who urinated in his partner’s shoes and tried to suffocate her with bedsheets during a sickening campaign of violence has been jailed.

Lee Jones, 29, from Doncaster, also smashed a mirror on his victim's back after accusing her of cheating, a court heard.

Sheffield Crown Court was told Jones repeatedly subjected the woman to beatings throughout their relationship, which began in May 2019.

As Christmas approached, the 6ft 2in, 19-stone abuser accused her of looking at other men and regularly checked her mobile phone.

Last summer he smashed a mirror over her and hit her legs with a large metal spanner, Yorkshire Live reports.

Jones was sentenced at Sheffield Crown Court after pleading guilty (PA Archive/PA Images)

On another occasion, Jones ripped off the woman's clothes and underwear, leaving her with friction burns.

Andrew Petterson, prosecuting, said the couple had been out to watch a boxing event and when they returned home Jones pulled her around the house and kicked her in the face.

Around three weeks later he threatened to strangle her in front of her young daughter when she asked him to leave her house.

On January 9, he accused her once again of being unfaithful and became angry.

He then grabbed hold of her cheeks and attempted to force the bed covers in her mouth so she couldn’t breathe.

Jones, of Burnham Grove, Scawthorpe, later armed himself with a cup of hot water and threw it at her face.

The judge, Recorder David Gordon, was also told that Jones threatened to kill both his partner and any man she was with if he ever came across them.

In a victim impact statement, the woman said she feared Jones's actions would affect her for the rest of her life.

Jones pleaded guilty to controlling or coercive behaviour and was jailed for 27 months.

Recorder Gordon told him: “As far as you are a violent person, you reserve that for females behind closed doors.”

Jones is also the subject of an indefinite restraining order banning him from contacting his ex-partner.

Call Refuge’s  National Domestic Abuse Helpline  for free and confidential advice, 24 hours a day on 0808 2000 247 or through the contact form or live chat service. If you are a male victim, you can access support through the  Men’s Advice Helpline  on 0808 8010327. Other  specialist support services  are available. If you are in immediate danger, call 999 and ask for the police .

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