Woman left brain damaged following horrific assault.
A demolition worker who had drunk eight pints beat up his partner so badly he left her severely brain damaged, Bradford Crown Court heard.
School secretary Stephanie Bedford was discovered unconscious with a life-threatening head injury at the house in Deanside Terrace, Wibsey, Bradford, she shared with Damian Terry.
Terry, who had called an ambulance, told the police Miss Bedford fell down the steps.
Prosecutor Patrick Palmer said the couple had been together for about a year before the assault at about midnight on December 21, 2012.
Terry, 41, was jailed for three years yesterday for causing Miss Bedford grievous bodily harm.
Miss Bedford was treated in Bradford Royal Infirmary for skull fractures, bleeding and bruising on the brain and a fractured spine.
There was old and new bruising on her body, thumbprint marks to her neck and defensive injuries on her arms.
“Her injuries were severe and life-threatening,” Mr Palmer said.
There were at least three impacts to her head, gripping injuries to her neck and arms and bruising consistent with being struck by a stick or bat.
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