A brute burst his girlfriend's nostril 3 times and shattered her eye socket throughout a sickening catalogue of home abuse.
Vicious Steven Tait attacked the lady even after discovering out she was pregnant.
His sufferer has been left with long run well being issues together with double imaginative and prescient and respiration difficulties.
Obtain the Lanarkshire Stay app right now
The Lanarkshire Stay app is obtainable to obtain now.
Get all of the information out of your space – in addition to options, leisure, sport and the newest on Lanarkshire’s restoration from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
The free obtain options the newest breaking information and unique tales, and lets you customise your web page to the sections that matter most to you.
Head to the App Retailer and by no means miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android
The 33-year-old appeared from custody through videolink at Hamilton Sheriff Court docket this week.
He was jailed for 46 months and shall be supervised for 2 years on his launch.
Tait admitted assaulting the lady to her extreme harm, everlasting disfigurement and everlasting impairment at addresses in East Kilbride between December 2019 and June 2021.
Tait additionally admitted punching a earlier companion within the abdomen and shoving her to the bottom in Elgin Terrace, Hamilton, in 2011 when she was pregnant.
Chloe O'Hara, prosecuting, mentioned his second sufferer wanted hospital therapy for bruising and swelling after Tait headbutted her in December 2019, bursting her nostril.
Six months later she referred to that incident throughout a dialog and a livid Tait punched her, once more inflicting her nostril to bleed, then shoved her into a shower.
Then in August 2020, when the sufferer was 4 weeks pregnant, Tait attacked her once more.
Ms O'Hara informed the courtroom: "An argument broke out and the accused put his arms round his companion's neck, choking her.
"He took a step again and struck her with a punch, bursting her nostril open. Tait then threw home keys at her, putting her face, earlier than leaving.
"She was about 27 weeks pregnant when Tait assaulted her once more in January 2021. She was punched repeatedly and struck her head off the ground.
"She remembers being unconscious for some time. She was taken to hospital and a scan confirmed a fracture to her eye socket."
Tait attacked his companion but once more in June final 12 months, with a punch inflicting a "vital" harm to her eye.
He additionally admitted breaching a bail order by contacting her repeatedly.
The fiscal added: "Because of accidents sustained by the hands of the accused, the complainer has plenty of medical points and has common hospital appointments.
"The attention socket fracture brought about double imaginative and prescient and she or he has issue respiration and points with nasal congestion.
"She is on a ready checklist for surgical procedure.
"She additionally has a one-inch scar underneath her eye and nerve injury to her lip."
Sheriff Colin Dunipace informed Tait: "You may have pleaded responsible to extraordinarily severe issues."
In addition to jailing him, the sheriff mentioned he shall be topic to a 10-year non-harassment order.
*Do not miss the newest headlines from round Lanarkshire. Signal as much as our newslettersright here.
And do you knowLanarkshire Stayis on Fb? Why not head toour web pageand provides us a like and share.