Lincoln man bit partner's face and throttled her with a towel
A man who throttled his partner with a towel during a sustained attack after losing his temper has been jailed for 12 months at Lincoln Crown Court.
Darren Armitage attacked the woman after drinking heavily at his home in Coleridge Green, Lincoln.
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Lincoln Crown Court
Steve Taylor, prosecuting, said Armitage suddenly began punching the walls and then smashed glasses and a wine bottle before turning on his partner.
"He punched her repeatedly to the face and then put a towel around her throat," he said.
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"He pressed the towel over her face and mouth so that she could not breath. She took a piece of broken glass off the floor and used it to cut his arm to get him off her.
"But at the same time he bit her face with enough force to leave teeth marks."
Armitage admitted he assaulted her but said he was so drunk he could not recall what happened.
The woman was left with two black eyes, facial injuries and cuts and bruises to her body.
Armitage, 27, formerly of Coleridge Green, St Giles, Lincoln, and now of Glynn View, Ermine West, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm as a result of the incident in November.
Judge Michael Heath told him: "You subjected her to sustained violence. The only sentence I can justify for domestic violence of this sort is prison."
Stuart Lody, defending, said Armitage had a long history of mental illness and his problems were made worse by drinking and drug taking.
He said: "His remorse has been tearing him apart."
Comments
by matttye
Sunday, January 06 2013, 10:19PM
“bos75 is correct.
Time spent on remand counts towards the sentence the same as being a serving prisoner.
Just to add; each day spent with a curfew (not sure if it has to be tagged or not) counts as half a day towards overall sentence. So 100 days on bail with a curfew would result in 50 days counting towards a prison sentence.”
by bos75
Sunday, January 06 2013, 1:18AM
“Let's be clear, time on remand does not count as "double" time against the sentence. In most cases any inmate serves half of the sentence imposed. So, a 12 month prison sentence means they will get automatic (conditional) release after 6 months. Time served on remand counts the same as time served in prison so one day on remand is the same as 2 days of the whole sentence, exactly as one day in prison does also. Inmates get no extra "credit" for being on remand.”
by moocher1
Saturday, January 05 2013, 5:09PM
“"Well, we all know he'll only serve 6 months of that sentence."
That's providing he hasn't served time on remand for the offence which counts as double against time sentenced, 3 months on remand would count as 6 months sentenced”
by Vexxed
Saturday, January 05 2013, 11:36AM
“Well, we all know he'll only serve 6 months of that sentence. Has justice really been served? people get longer for tax evasion.”
by rickaye
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:33PM
“Darren Charles Armitage, 27, of 11 Glynn View, Lincoln, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Magistrates' Court to two counts of assault. He was given a community order for 12 months and ordered to pay costs of £85 . He obviously learnt by his mistakes , and he must have felt very remoresful about this one as well...”
by rickaye
Friday, January 04 2013, 1:32PM
“He was also prosecuted for assault in December last year, just look his name up in the echo search bar. Why is a man on benefits able to buy drugs and alcohol? We are all paying for him with our taxes, another example of overpaid benefits to people who do not deserve the handouts.”
by rascall1
Friday, January 04 2013, 9:39AM
“How can some one who can not remember the event have any remorse? !!!!”
by InsideStory
Friday, January 04 2013, 9:06AM
“Good to see justice as been served no women should have go through verbal or physical abuse period .”