Tributes are being paid to a 'beautiful, supporting and loving' mum who sadly died less than two years after she tragically lost her baby son.
14.02.2024 - 07:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man choked his girlfriend until she passed out in a brutal attack then posted on Facebook: "I'm f****d, see you in 12 years".
Graham Donnelly, a jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts fighter, posted the chilling post to his social media account after strangling his former partner and biting her nose with such force that she feared he had bitten it clean off, the Liverpool Echo reports. The victim feared for her life as he told her: "I'm going to f***ing kill you, I'll show you".
She passed out after being choked by Donnelly, 43, in the attack which began just after the clock struck midnight on New Year's Day last year. He then went on to attack police officers who were called to the scene.
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Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (February 13) that Donnelly and the victim had been in an 'off and on relationship' for around nine years and have a seven-year-old daughter together, with her 14-year-old also living with them at the family home in Kirkby. Iain Criddle, prosecuting, described Donnelly as being 'clearly a strong man' trained in jiu jitsu and MMA.
During the evening of December 31 last year, he drank two bottles of wine and 'became aggressive' before an argument erupted between the couple in the early hours of January 1. Amid this row, Donnelly - now of no fixed address - told his victim: "You're not a f***ing lady.
"You're far from it. If you want to be treated like a lady, you need to act like a lady."
At this, the victim called him a 'disgrace of a man'. But he replied by telling her to 'f*** off', adding: "I'll show you what it's like to get a beating."
The complainant then told him that her former partner was a 'better
Tributes are being paid to a 'beautiful, supporting and loving' mum who sadly died less than two years after she tragically lost her baby son.
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