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Rawtenstall man to be reconciled with partner he attacked
5:20pm Friday 29th August 2008
A MAN who terrorised his partner and her little boy in a sustained attack on her was set to be reconciled with the victim, a court heard.
Wesley David Douglas, 29, had set about his girlfriend of two years, causing trouble in the child’s bedroom and leaving the the six-year-old hysterical.
During the beating, the defendant had pinned the victim against a wall, repeatedly thumped her, kicked her and stopped her from going to comfort the sobbing boy.
The defendant kept trying to cuddle her in between, Burnley Magistrates heard.
Douglas, of Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, admitted assault by beating on July 24.
He was given 42 days in jail, suspended for 12 months, with unpaid work.
Alex Mann, prosecuting, told the court the defendant and victim lived with her son.
The victim would say Douglas could be aggressive, but had never been violent in the past.
She went to her mother’s home and the defendant rang, complaining she had not been back with his cigarettes yet.
The victim returned quite a bit later, after taking her son to a park and Douglas was drinking and screaming and shouting at her.
Graeme Tindall, defending, said Douglas was arrested four days later.
He had had the chance to go and see the victim, talk things over and apologise for his disgraceful behaviour.
The solicitor added: “There will be a reconciliation.”
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