A Carluke man has been locked up after a marketing campaign of abuse in direction of his associate that lasted greater than a yr.
Anthony Rooney throttled the lady and on one other event bent her wrist backwards.
Rooney, of Unitas Crescent, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court docket this week.
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The 20-year-old admitted a course of abusive behaviour in direction of his then associate and assaulting her mom.
The court docket heard the couple started a relationship in 2017 and cut up their time between Rooney's deal with in Carluke and her residence in Motherwell.
She observed a change in his behaviour at first of 2019 when he began to develop into argumentative and "controlling".
In response to the sufferer, he "by no means needed her to be with out him".
Rooney slapped her throughout a row in Excessive Avenue, Carluke, and on one other event attacked her after an argument at her residence.
By this time that they had a child and Rooney advised the lady he was leaving her. She countered by saying he "had household duties and could not simply stroll away when he felt prefer it".
Rooney then grabbed his associate by the throat and squeezed so arduous she could not converse earlier than pushing her on to a mattress.
The assault was witnessed by her mum and, a month later, it was her flip to be the sufferer when Rooney shoved her to the ground and punched her on the face and head.
She suffered "important ache and bruising".
On a later event Rooney grabbed his associate's wrist throughout a row over cigarettes then twisted and bent it backwards, "inflicting her hand to go white".
The court docket heard that assault led to the tip of the connection.
Defence agent Kevin McCarron mentioned Rooney was given a custodial sentence just lately for one more matter.
The solicitor added: "On his launch he's decided to steer an offence-free life.
"He has discovered his lesson."
Sheriff Colin Dunipace jailed Rooney for 5 months and banned him from contacting his former associate underneath a three-year non-harassment order.
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