Thug dragged crying ex through her home and punched her in the face after 'toxic and damaging' relationship

A man breached a lifetime restraining order after turning up to his ex’s home and punching her in the face. Teejay Etchells, 25, and the woman were described as having a ‘toxic and damaging’ relationship in which he had previously attacked her.

He was made the subject of a restraining order, banning any contact with her indefinitely, but turned up at her house in February this year. The woman, Shelby Gratty, had previously been convicted of harassment in relation to Etchells, the court heard.

After asking him to leave her alone, Etchells, of Hyde, dragged her upstairs before punching her in the face. She was left with a suspected fractured jaw, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

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Nicholas Roxborough, prosecuting, said that the victim, Ms Gratty, had previously been granted a restraining order after being attacked by Etchells in April 2020. The order prevented him from contacting her, or a member of her family, and banned him from going to her home or work address.

“On February 8 this year, Ms Gratty returned home and as she did, she realised the defendant was waiting for her by the bins of her home address,” the prosecutor said.

“He approached her and shoved her into the address. She began to shout at him to tell him to leave her alone but was ignored by the defendant.”

A struggle took place, during which Ms Gratty was dragged upstairs before she was punched to the right side of her face.

Etchells then told her to ‘stop shouting or the neighbours will call the police’. He then apologised to her as she was ‘crying hysterically’, the court heard.

The police were called by a neighbour and arrived quickly to find Etchells outside the house with some of his