The 'brilliant dad' who called his kid's mum a 'f***** s***', smashed her phone and perfume bottles and cut up her clothes

An abusive thug described as a 'brilliant dad' sent his girlfriend a video of himself smashing her perfume bottles, telling her: "Get the gaff smelling banging for the chicks." Adam Ball's behaviour towards his partner was slammed by a judge as 'childish, pathetic, mean and spiteful'.

The 35-year-old was hauled before the courts for a string of vile incidents. He smashed the woman's phone while she was asleep after she changed her Facebook password, Manchester Crown Court heard.

Ball, from Urmston, Trafford, became abusive towards his partner when he couldn't connect a Fire Stick to his television, calling her a 'f***** s***' and threatening her. She tried to discreetly call the police.

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He cut up her clothes and trainers and said she 'didn't deserve them'. "You should be embarrassed," Recorder Paul Hodgkinson told Ball. "You are a big man - tall, well-built, and I can see she is not.

"You should be ashamed, the way you have conducted yourself through this relationship with the lady who gave birth to your four children should cause you that embarrassment. To cause damage and send those videos is childish, pathetic, mean and spiteful."

Speaking about Ball's partner, who sat in the public gallery during the hearing and was said to be supportive of him, the judge said said: "I know she is present in court, and rightly or wrongly, she supports you. You must recognise that is support from her you clearly don't deserve.

"You should relish and cherish that support rather than abuse it." Prosecuting, Nicola Carroll earlier told the court the couple had been in a relationship for 14 years when, in October last, year she stayed