Drunk Leeds thug dragged woman down the stairs by her hair and slammed her head on the floor
A thig with a history of domestic violence drank up to four bottles of wine and then turned on his partner, dragging her down the stairs by her hair.
The terrified victim asked Andrew Wood to leave her Beeston home after he drank huge amounts of booze, then said he was going out to buy more.
But the 31-year-old turned violent and launched at the woman leaving her with a catalogue of injuries, including a suspected broken wrist.
Defiant Wood was jailed at Leeds Crown Court this week for causing actual bodily harm, which he was found guilty of after a trial.
Prosecutor Temitayo Dasaolu said the pair had been in a relationship for 18 months. On April 2 they both went out for food and had been drinking.
Wood later came to the woman’s home and he continued to drink, consuming three or four bottles of wine.
She tried to dissuade Wood from getting more, an argument broke out and she asked him to leave, but he refused.
He turned violent, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her to the bedroom floor. He chillingly warned her: “I’m not done with you.”
He then grabbed her by the hair and dragged her down the stairs, banged her head on the floor several times and stood on her wrist.
She suffered bruising to the head, reduced vision in her right eye, bruising to her chest wall and a possible buckle fracture to her right arm for which she had to wear a splint for six weeks.
Wood, of Greenock Street, Armley, has 17 previous convictions for 28 offences, including domestic violence.
His latest conviction put him in breach of an eight-month sentence, suspended for 24 months, that he received in November last year for dangerous driving.
Wood appeared in court this week via video link from HMP Leeds where he was being held on remand.
Little mitigation could be offered by his barrister, Eddison Flint, due to Wood’s persistent denial of his latest offending. However, he did say that Wood’s attack was not planned and he did not resort to using weapons.
He said he had been on remand since April and was using his time “wisely”, first becoming the wing barber and had taken catering courses, along with anger-management courses.
Judge Ray Singh said the incident was “persistent and prolonged” and jailed him for three years.
He also activated three months of his suspended sentence, making a total jail sentence of 39 months.
An indefinite-length restraining order was also put in place to keep him away from the victim.