Kyle Campbell was before Truro Crown Court for sentence having pleaded guilty to assault by beating in July last year, actual bodily harm (ABH) in August last year and intentional strangulation, criminal damage and assault by beating of an emergency worker in September last year.
The Cornwall court was told that Campbell and the victim had known each other for six years but had only been in a relationship for six months at the time of the first offence.
She was in the early stages of pregnancy with his child at the time, although later went on to miscarry. She also had a three-year-old son who was in the house at the time of the offences.
Prosecutor Ed Bailey said that on July 19 last year they were in the bedroom of her house in Camborne when Campbell became angry that the woman would not go to the kitchen to get his cigarettes.
He left the room and held the door shut to prevent her getting out, but she forced it open. He held her arms, bruising her, but she broke free, got her son from his room and barricaded them into her bedroom.
The following month Campbell had been preparing a meal with the woman’s young son, when the defendant began shouting at the child because he had “sprinkled too much garlic salt.”
He called the boy a “stupid idiot” and when his mother objected Campbell threw the glass jar of seasoning at the woman, cutting her lip and cracking her tooth. He said this was her fault “for not ducking.”
The court was told neither offence was reported initially as she hoped they were isolated incidents and he would change.
Kyle Campbell assulted a police officer when being arrested (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police) However, in September the woman returned home to find Campbell in the front room, but he left immediately and went to sit on a bench for around two hours.
He came back inside just after she put her son to bed and began complaining that he could not go on holiday with his father and uncle because he didn’t have any money, and he was angry that the woman was unable to lend him the money because she had not been paid her wages at work.
Campbell said she needed to “stop others taking advantage of her”, shouting that nobody loved him or cared about him.
When the woman asked him to keep the noise down, he replied she was a “fat slag” and “unlovable.”
She took away the bottle of her beer he was drinking, but he pushed her into the kitchen cupboards and then poured the beer over her head, rubbing it into her face and shoulders before throwing the bottle at the door of her son’s bedroom.
Campbell then said “I don’t give a f**k about some other bastard’s little brat” before pulling over the fridge freezer, breaking a glass shelf inside.
He also broke the hob button on the cooker, as well as the kettle, two wax warmers and ripped up the son’s portrait, also pouring milk on a pile of clothes.
He grabbed the woman by her hair and dragged her down the hallway, put his arm around her neck and choked her, squeezing until she passed out for a couple of seconds, her head thumping the floor.
Mr Bailey said Campbell then knelt on top of her, grabbed her round the throat and squeezed her neck, punching her in the face.
She wriggled free but the defendant took her phone. She got her son out of bed, telling him they needed to go to granny’s house, while Campbell shouted at the crying boy “your mum is a rat.”
As she ran outside, carrying the child, Campbell kicked her in the back causing them to fall down some concrete steps, the boy screaming.
She told the boy to run to granny’s, which he did, while Campbell kicked her more, before locking her out of her own house.
Her mother was out, but the woman called the police from a friend’s house.
In a victim impact statement she said she was struggling to sleep and had to be accompanied on school runs and to Tesco as she was so anxious.
She described the impact on her son as “astronomical”, adding he had to have therapy at nursery and was “traumatised,” particularly about walking up and down stairs.
When arrested, Campbell was handcuffed from behind and threw his head back, headbutting the police officer’s face.
Rupert Taylor, representing Campbell, said the defendant had stopped smoking and taking cannabis.
He accepted he would have to go to prison, with Mr Taylor adding: “He understands his drinking and smoking cannabis has caused him to behave in this terrible way.”
Campbell, who now lives in Mitcham, was sentenced to a total of 21 months in prison by Judge Simon Carr, who also imposed a ten-year restraining order.
He must serve at least 40 per cent before being eligible for release on licence.
