A thug who left his girlfriend scarred for life after he stabbed her with a corkscrew has been jailed for 18 months. Oliver Richardson, 22, brutally attacked his partner while on holiday to Craig Tara Holiday Park in Ayr.
During the assault he hit her on the face with a mobile phone, dragged her to a bathroom and demanded she take a shower. The yob also nipped her body and threw various items around the caravan.
Richardson, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, had denied all wrongdoing while on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court. But then he pled guilty to three charges spanning between September 2017 and September 2019.
As well as the holiday assault, he admitted assaulting the woman by throwing her to the ground and repeatedly kicking her on the head. The brute also repeatedly punched, kicked and nipped her body.
He further admitted a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by repeatedly shouting, swearing and making offensive remarks towards her. The offences took place at various addresses across Lanarkshire.
Sheriff Liam Murphy told him there was no alternative to custody and said he would have been sentenced to 20 months had he not pled guilty. He was also banned from contacting his former partner for the next five years.
Vincent McGovern, defending, said: "He has three times been dismissed from employment because of the nature of the allegations against him. We are dealing with significantly less serious matters than the original terms of the indictment and that fact is something which could move the dial towards there being a realistic community based disposal.
"He is under no illusions about the situation he is in." Sheriff Murphy said: "Taking account of all of the circumstances in this case, I am of the view that the gravity of the offending is such that a custodial sentence is necessary.
"There is no alternative open to the court but given your age this will be at a lower level than it otherwise would be."
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