Jail for shaming woman live on Facebook
A man was jailed for breaching a suspended sentence order when he smashed a window at his former partner’s home.
Robyn James Victor Cossey, 36, was jailed for 13 weeks after he admitted the offences at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court.
Clare Irving, prosecuting, said a witness called the police to the Gentoo property, where Cossey’s ex-partner lived, on August 8 because of a disturbance.
Ms Irving said: “The defendant was seen by police officers frantically banging on a bathroom window which smashed.”
Cossey, of Cannon Cockin Street, Sunderland, was taken to hospital for treatment to a cut on his hand and then to the police station.
Ms Irving read out a victim statement from Cossey’s ex-partner saying: “I am absolutely terrified beyond belief by Robyn Cossey. What I have endured over the last few months is indescribable.
“I am embarrassed at letting him abuse me again and again. If I don’t act and carry this through, I will end up dead at his hands.”
Defending, Gavin Sword, said Cossey sufferers from schizophrenia and has an appointment to get back into the supervision of the mental health services.
Mr Sword said: “My client has mental health issues. This offence occurred at a time when he relapsed with alcohol and drugs.”
Magistrates jailed Cossey for 13 weeks for breaching his suspended sentence. He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £100 compensation, £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge.