Man left girlfriend in ‘fear of her life’ during horror attack

A man who left his girlfriend in ‘fear of her life’ after repeatedly punching her during a horror attack has avoided jail.

McMahon subjected his girlfriend to a terrifying attack on December 17 last year. Manchester Crown Court heard the 25-year-old began to punch his partner as she sat on the sofa.

The woman ran to the bathroom with her hands covering her head but he followed her and continued to punch her until she fell to the floor crying, prosecutor Maxwell Cope said.

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During the attack the woman managed to message her mum and asked her to call the police. When officers arrived she told them in ‘hushed tones’ that she thought she was going to die, had been assaulted by McMahon before and that they had to take her out of the address. She suffered bruises to her face and arms during the attack.

The court heard McMahon has eight previous convictions for 13 offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a previous partner in April 2019 for which he was given a community order.

Representing McMahon, David Morton said his client does not want to repeat the mistakes of his past and recent past and said the complainant was supporting him in court and hoped to have a future with him.

He added: “He [McMahon] has expressed regret and a sense of wretchedness about himself and how he behaved.”

Mr Morton said that McMahon has previously worked with the probation service in a ‘positive way’ and worked in the kitchens while in custody.

He added McMahon spent his childhood in the care system. In response, Mr Recorder Neil Owen-Casey said that