Thug punched pregnant girlfriend in stomach and hit his two-week-old baby girl - then walks free from court

A thug attacked his girlfriend while she was pregnant before assaulting her again after she gave birth - hitting his tiny daughter. Mark Bond hit his expectant partner in the legs and stomach after "insisting" she cook his tea, a court has heard.

After continuing to attack her, the 31-year-old from Cheshire was arrested. But while on bail, violent Bond lashed out at his partner once again while she held her new baby, two weeks after she had given birth.

As he attacked his girlfriend some of his blows struck the couple's two-week-old baby girl, the Liverpool Echo reports. Both had to visit hospital, yet after appearing at Liverpool Crown Court, Bond was allowed to walk free from court.

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Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, that Bond had been in a relationship with his then girlfriend, who was eight weeks pregnant, for around six months when he attended her home in St Helens on the morning of May 27 last year. Louise Santamera, prosecuting, described how Bond "appeared to be under the influence of alcohol" at this time and was slurring his words.

While the couple argued over his drinking, the rest of the day was described as "uneventful". He later returned from playing football with her three-year-old son at around 7.30pm, at which point she took the boy to bed.

But Bond, of Whitbeam Close in Runcorn, followed her upstairs "insisting" that she cook his tea instead. He started hitting her in the legs at this point, then began to punch her in the stomach.

Sickeningly, the defendant then made two fists with his hands and placed them on her midriff before using them to push himself up from the bed - causing her "extreme pain". Bond