‘Monstrous’ thug battered woman in her own home
AMUM-OF-TWO said she ‘thought she was going to die’ after she was battered in her own home.
Rochdale man Sean Probert, who had returned to “the dating game” - and his former alcohol habit inflicted “monstrous savagery” on his new partner, a court has been told.
The violence flared when the woman asked Probert to get her phone charger, to which he said he was not her “f...ing butler”. A judge told Probert today (December 13) that his attack meant the woman had not been able to return to her council role supporting vulnerable people.
Recorder Richard Conley said that she had suffered injuries that would leave anyone seeing them to feel “upset and perhaps even physically sick.” He said: “You punched her on countless occasions, at one stage causing her to lose consciousness, leaving her bruised and battered in a place where she should have expected to be safe.”
The 38-year-old, of Crosby Street in Rochdale, had pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on his 41-year-old victim. Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court that Probert and his victim
began dating in April this year and on June 2 violence erupted.
He arrived at her home in Walton, Liverpool, agitated and not his usual self and said he had argued with a shop assistant. They went for drinks and when they returned drank some more and listened to music on her mobile phone.
“Her mobile phone battery had reduced to 2 per cent so she asked the defendant if he would obtain her mobile phone charger, which she had let upstairs. The defendant responded back aggressively saying, ‘What am I your f...ing butler?’ If you want a ‘bell...’ or butler go and find one, because I’m not a butler for you.
“The defendant then proceeded to push her, she pushed him back and screamed at him to get out. She then recalls being on the floor.
“Whilst on the floor the defendant punched her repeatedly to the face and head. She was screaming and pleading for him to stop, she tried to put her hands over her head to protect herself, but the defendant continued to punch her hard.
“She describes how she could see stars and thought she was going to die. The pain was excruciating, and she lost consciousness. When she woke up she was covered in blood and the defendant was gone.”
She was treated at hospital for numerous lacerations to her face, two black eyes, bruising and swelling and a deformed broken nose. She has been left suffering from PTSD.
In her impact statement said she is suffering from anxiety and depression and no longer goes daily to a gym.
“He has broken my and my children’ hearts. We had been planning future holidays and I planned a long term future.”
She said that while on the floor.“i thought I was going to die.”
James Heyworth, defending, said that Probert, who has 22 previous convictions for 47 offences including assault and affray, “must hang his head in shame.”
He has no convictions for violence since 2004 and has a 13-year-old son with a previous long term partner. On the day of the incident “something inside him snapped.”
Jailing him for two and a half years the judge said he was surprised the prosecution had accepted the lesser charge which he admitted and described it as one of the “more extreme examples that offence.” He said that it appeared his demon was alcohol and he stayed away from it for 15 years and kept out of trouble.
“It is somewhat ironic that it is your return to the dating game that prompted you to return to drink again. That should be a lesson that it is something you should not repeat ever again.”
Recorder Conley imposed a ten year restraining order to keep away from his victim.