A man deliberately drove his van into his partner as she walked away from him following an argument, a court has heard.
Anthony Heale mounted the pavement and hit the woman from behind, leaving her shaken and badly bruised.
Swansea Crown Court heard Heale - who also goes by the name Mark Foley - has more than 100 previous offences on his record including nine sets of driving offences, and seven offences of violence.
Helen Randall, prosecuting, said the defendant and his victim had been in a "turbulent relationship" for some six months when the incident took place on February 15 this year.
She said the pair were sat in the defendant's parked van in the Mount Pleasant area of Swansea when an argument broke out which resulted in the woman slapping Heale to the face, getting out of the vehicle, and walking away.
The court heard the 46-year-old defendant drove after her and pulled onto the pavement in front of the woman to block her path - the woman walked around the Peugeot van and continued on her way.
Miss Randall said Heale then drove into the back of the woman as she walked along the pavement, knocking her "several feet" forward. The defendant drove away.
The court heard the victim did not initially report the matter to police but did confide in her housing officer, and it was he who called the police. The woman suffered extensive bruising to her legs and found it difficult to walk for a number of weeks.
Anthony Stephen Heale, of Brynsyfi Way, Mount Pleasant, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) when he appeared in the dock via video link from prison for sentencing.
The court heard he has 35 previous convictions for 115 offences including seven for offences of violence - one of which is inflicting grievous bodily harm and four are ABH - and nine sets of motoring offences.
Andrew Evans, for Heale, said the defendant realised his actions on that February day had been "reckless in the extreme" and he was relieved that the injuries were not as serious as they might have been.
He said the father-of-three had been in a relationship of some 20 years which had come to an end, and he was finding it "extremely difficult to come to come to terms with that loss".
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Judge Geraint Walters said there was something "particularly wicked" about using a vehicle to deliberately drive into someone in the way the defendant had.
He said the defendant clearly had issues in his life he needed to address, adding: "You have committed 115 previous criminal offences - I wonder if there are more to come, or whether at long last you will be able to draw a line under your repetitive offending."
Following the sentencing guidelines and giving the defendant a 25% discount for his guilty pleas the judge sentenced him to a total of 15 months in prison.
Heale will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence under the UK Government's early release scheme to serve the remainder in the community.
The defendant was banned from driving for 52 weeks - the length for the disqualification increased by another 32 weeks to allow for the time he will be behind bars - and must pass an extended test before he can get his licence back. He was also made the subject of a restraining order banning him from contacting his now former partner for the next five years.
