A serial domestic abuser punched his victim so hard during a drunken New Year party attack that he left her teeth out of line.
Russell Telford, 38, rained blows on his girlfriend after becoming paranoid when she and a friend laughed at the contents of his phone.
He hit his partner so hard that he broke her jaw and was left with her teeth being misaligned, Dundee Sheriff Court was told.
Fiscal depute Callum Gordon said: “The accused is unemployed and had been in an on-off relationship with the complainer for around five years.
”He has a previous domestic conviction against the same complainer.”
Paranoia
The prosecutor told the court: “On January 1, she attended a friend’s house and they were socialising and drinking.
“The accused arrived at 9pm to join in the New Year celebrations. At 2 am they were told they could sleep on the couch.
“At 2am, the accused was very drunk and became paranoid about them laughing at his phone. The complainer left with the accused.
“They began to argue outside the house. She stumbled back inside. A glass bottle was thrown in the direction of the front door and smashed on the wall above the door.”
The fiscal depute added: “The complainer and the accused got in a van and drove off. He slowed the van and stopped and began punching her face with such force that the left side of her face hit the window.
“She tried to open the door and when she did she fell to the ground. He punched her repeatedly and dragged her by the hair along the road. He got in the van and drove off.”
Permanent damage
Mr Gordon told the court that the victim was taken to Ninewells Hospital and treated for severe injuries which had left her with a lifelong impairment.
Telford, from Dundee, admitted attacking his partner to her severe injury and permanent impairment in Broughty Ferry on January 2, last year.
He admitted throwing a glass bottle towards her, repeatedly punching her head, and dragging her by the hair along the street. Sentence was deferred for reports and bail was continued.
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