HGV driver strangled and punched Wakefield partner, knocking out dental bridge
A HGV driver who punched his partner so hard it damaged her dental bridge has narrowly avoided being locked up.
Jealous Glenn Greenhall accused the woman of sleeping with other men, Leeds Crown Court heard.
He was given a suspended sentence after admitting a charges of ABH.
Greenhall had started the relationship with the woman in 2023, having initially been neighbours.
But prosecutor Carmel Pearson said by June of that year it had “soured”, and at one point he launched a verbal tirade towards her and grabbed her ponytail and struck her about the head.
He accused her sleeping with other men. During the struggle, her cheek was burned by a cigarette Greenhall had, but there were questions over whether it was intentional.
After that the relationship resumed but came to an end in September after Greenhall had been out drinking all day and returned to her home.
The 51-year-old was annoyed she was on the phone to her sister when he arrived and told her to put the phone down.
When she refused to hang up, he punched her to the mouth knocking out her dental bridge, then grabbed her by the throat for “about 30 seconds”.
She fled the house to a neighbour and the police were called.
Greenhall, of West Park Homes, Pontefract, has six previous convictions for eight offences including criminal damage and theft, but his last appearance in court was in 1998.
Mitigating, Samreen Akhtar said Greenhall “accepted the case in full”.
She said his mitigation lies in the remorse he had expressed. She added: “He apologises to her [the victim] through me.”
She said he was in a new relationship and wants to move to the Selby area. He has been a heavy goods driver for around a decade but suffers from cardiac issues.
Judge Neil Clark gave him a 24-month sentence, suspended for 24 months with 10 rehabilitation days and 170 hours of unpaid work.
He told him: “You are very lucky not to go to custody for this.”