A jealous brute dragged his girlfriend again house by her hair after which threated to kill her at knifepoint after he noticed her chatting to an ex-boyfriend of their native pub.
Ashley Barker, 33, chased after Bethany Evans after she jumped out of a taxi – then pushed her over a wall earlier than grabbing her blonde hair and smashing her head towards the pavement.
Because the sufferer pleaded for him to cease, Barker stored maintain of her locks and dragged her again to his house he shares along with his mom.
As soon as inside he throttled her till she may barely breathe and held a kitchen knife to her throat saying: ‘I’ll kill you.’
Ashley Barker (pictured), 33, chased after Bethany Evans after she jumped out of a taxi – then pushed her over a wall earlier than grabbing her blonde hair and smashing her head towards the pavement
Because the sufferer Ms Evans (pictured) pleaded for him to cease, Barker stored maintain of her locks and dragged her again to his house he shares along with his mom
Barker ultimately fled the property in Dukinfield, Better Manchester after his mom intervened and referred to as police.
Inquiries revealed he had beforehand overwhelmed Miss Evans after which made her cowl up her bruises with make-up below the specter of being assaulted once more.
In an announcement Miss Evans who works at Tameside Hospital mentioned she had misplaced her confidence because of her relationship with Barker and added: ‘I used to be left feeling as if I used to be dwelling in a continuing nightmare.’
At Minshull Avenue Crown Courtroom, Manchester, the previous builder was branded a danger to the general public by a decide as he was jailed for 2 years after he admitted a cost of coercive and controlling behaviour.
The court docket heard the pair had begun relationship in December 2021 however Barker began to grow to be abusive the next March.
Adam White prosecuting mentioned: ‘She says he would grow to be abusive in the direction of her at any time when she spoke to different males and name her a “sl**”.
As soon as inside he throttled her till she may barely breathe and held a kitchen knife to her throat saying: ‘I’ll kill you’
Barker ultimately fled the property in Dukinfield, Better Manchester after his mom intervened and referred to as police. Inquiries revealed he had beforehand overwhelmed Miss Evans after which made her cowl up her bruises with make-up below the specter of being assaulted once more
‘She stopped posting pictures of herself on social media as it will trigger arguments when different males preferred or commented on them.
‘The primary incident of violence she remembers occurred at his mom’s tackle after he had been on an evening out.
‘He requested her to cross him an e-cigarette and he or she mentioned no, prompting him to seize her by the throat.
‘She kicked him and his mom got here to take away him from the room. This prompted him to start out headbutting the door and hitting himself within the face.
‘The second incident when Miss Evans had been on an evening out, and the Defendant had seen her with one other male.
‘When she returned to his mom’s tackle, he once more grabbed her by the throat, pinning her down on prime of the cooker.
‘The following incident was in the direction of the top of Could. He had once more been out ingesting, and Miss Evans was in mattress at his mom’s tackle.
He got here upstairs and he or she requested to be left alone, at which level he hit her within the face, inflicting a black eye and a few swelling across the prime of her nostril.
‘After this incident the defendant insisted on Miss Evans utilizing make-up to cowl up the marks he had triggered, and he would get offended along with her if she didn’t accomplish that,’ the prosecutor mentioned.
‘She remembers an event the place a relative requested in regards to the bruising to her eye, and he or she felt compelled to invent a narrative about how she had dropped her telephone on her face.
‘In the direction of the top of Could, that they had one other argument and Miss Evans went out with out him. While she was out, she spoke to him on the telephone and instructed him she had had sufficient.
‘He rang her again and demanded to know the place she was, telling her that if she didn’t inform him then he would blow up her household’s homes.
‘She caved in and ordered him a taxi to the pub she was in, however he left once more shortly after arriving as a result of he was sad about another males being there.
‘She ultimately ended up assembly him again at his mom’s home once more, the place he had continued ingesting by himself.
‘When she arrived, he made clear he was sad about how lengthy it had taken her to get again and mentioned she had “taken the piss out of him”.
In an announcement Miss Evans who works at Tameside Hospital mentioned she had misplaced her confidence because of her relationship with Barker and added: ‘I used to be left feeling as if I used to be dwelling in a continuing nightmare’
Prosecutor Adam White mentioned: ‘In the direction of the top of Could, that they had one other argument and Miss Evans went out with out him. She ultimately ended up assembly him again at his mom’s home once more, the place he had continued ingesting by himself. But once more, he grabbed her by the neck once more and threw her onto the sofa earlier than beginning to apologise’
‘But once more, he grabbed her by the neck once more and threw her onto the sofa earlier than beginning to apologise.
‘The final incident occurred in June once they met up at a pub. They obtained a taxi however once they obtained in it, he began complaining in regards to the truth she had been chatting with her ex-boyfriend.
‘She requested the driving force to tug over, obtained out, and went and sat on a wall. However he came to visit to her and pushed her off the wall, grabbed maintain of her and hit her head on the ground, busting her lip and inflicting a reduce to her nostril.
‘She obtained again up and he took her telephone off her and insisted she needed to come again to his mom’s home with him.
‘She mentioned she didn’t need to go along with him, and he grabbed her by the hair and began pulling her.
‘They ultimately obtained again to the home and when she requested for her telephone once more, he once more grabbed her by the neck and pinned her down.
‘His mom has then intervened and tried to tug him off her, however he once more grabbed maintain of her hair and dragged her to the ground the place he began kicking her in her sides.
‘Not like the opposite instances he had strangled her, on this event she says she was struggling to breathe, and he or she thought that he was going to kill her.
‘He then went to the kitchen and retrieved a knife. She tried to depart, and he grabbed her by the hair once more, pinning her to the steps with the knife to her throat, and instructed her he was going to kill her.
‘This prompted his mom to name the police and he then left the tackle, returning briefly to apologise to her via the letterbox.
‘Miss Evans went to a buddy’s tackle, and he made a telephone name throughout which he referred to as her a “c***” mentioned he was going to kill her, and that he would “f*** her up”.
The prosecutor continued: ‘The final incident occurred in June once they met up at a pub. They obtained a taxi however once they obtained in it, he began complaining in regards to the truth she had been chatting with her ex-boyfriend. She requested the driving force to tug over, obtained out, and went and sat on a wall. However he came to visit to her and pushed her off the wall, grabbed maintain of her and hit her head on the ground, busting her lip and inflicting a reduce to her nostril’
Barker later answered no remark when interviewed by police. He had 12 earlier offences on his document together with a battery conviction 2005. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail because of his ‘danger to the general public’ and ‘lack of sturdy mitigation’
Barker later answered no remark when interviewed by police.
He had 12 earlier offences on his document together with a battery conviction 2005.
In mitigation, defence counsel David Morton mentioned: ‘He has expressed his honest regret and disappointment over the incidents and desires to present his greatest needs to the complainant for the longer term.
‘That is actually the top of the connection, a line has been drawn.’
Mr Morton added: ‘He has historical past of employment, beforehand working along with his father within the constructing commerce and he additionally beforehand labored at a manufacturing unit in Oldham for six years.
‘He’s a grafter in the very best sense nevertheless, he turns into a distinct creature with alcohol. It’s clearly his demon. He has no need to harm individuals.’
Barker was additionally banned from contacting Miss Evans for ten years below the phrases of a restraining order.
Decide Matthew Corbett-Jones instructed him: ‘It’s clear that your offending throughout this relationship had a severe impact on her. She has been dwelling in a continuing nightmare.
‘You do current a really clear danger to the general public and also you lack sturdy mitigation. Subsequently, I consider solely fast custody is acceptable.’
