A man has avoided jail after his XL Bulldog nearly scalped a woman and clamped down on the leg of another before it was shot in Oldham.
24.06.2023 - 21:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A violent dad has been jailed after name-calling, punching, strangling, and threatening with a knife the mother of his three children during their 'abusive' relationship.
At one point Paul Little, 42, was so 'out of control' his terrified partner feared he would kill her a court heard. He's now been jailed by a judge who said he had 'degraded' and caused 'maximum stress' to his former partner.
Little began a relationship with the woman in January 2012 and they began living together in September of that year Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
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Brian Berlyne, prosecuting, described the relationship as being 'volatile' from early on and said although he 'could be loving' he once strangled her and threatened her with a hammer.
Though this fell outside the period of time Little was charged in relation to, Mr Berlyne said it provided important 'background' as to what was to come.
The couple had a second child, born in October 2018, and financial pressures caused frequent arguments and Little did not like her leaving the house. Their third child was born in August 2021, six months after their relationship broke down and they separated, Mr Berlyne said.
However Little would come round to visit her at her apartment in Timperley, Trafford, and it was from this point his behaviour began to 'deteriorate' he said.
He 'pushed her round her apartment and raised his fists at her' the prosecutor said and would 'threaten to kill her and throw acid in her face.' "He was jealous" he continued. "He seemed to consider she was being unfaithful to him."
After another incident in June 2021 where he accused her of
A man has avoided jail after his XL Bulldog nearly scalped a woman and clamped down on the leg of another before it was shot in Oldham.
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