Rampaging thug attacked intervening Wakefield neighbours after beating partner with a shoe
He racially abused partner and arriving police officers
A thug embarked on a rampage attacking his partner, neighbours and then police officers who were called to the scene.
Simon Murray also dished out sickening racist abuse at the same time, Leeds Crown Court was told.
The 36-year-old admitted two counts of affray, two assaults, ABH, assault on an emergency worker, racially-aggravated harassment and threats to damage property.
The court was told that Murray and the woman had only been in a relationship for around a month.
He had been at her Wakefield home on November 30 and the pair had been drinking.
An argument broke out and Murray launched at her, punching her several times and pushing her over.
The attack spilled outside the front door and he was heard to shout racist abuse at her, grab a shoe and began beating her with it.
A neighbour tried to intervene, prosecutor Sophie Lamb said, but Murray began to swing punches at the man.
Another neighbour tried to step in and he too was attacked, with the pair both being landing on the floor. The second neighbour’s wife then tried to strike Murray with a belt to break them up.
Murray was put in a headlock but he continued to swing and threatened to burn the man’s house down.
The police were called but Murray fled before they arrived. He was soon found and arrested.
But he made racist remarks to one officer and made threats to “get them”.
He later tried to headbutt an officer but his head only glanced the man’s chin but was not injured.
Murray gave a largely no-comment interview but laughed when asked about the officer abuse, telling them he didn’t like the police.
His partner suffered two lacerations to her cheek and the back of her head.
Murray, who had been living at the homeless shelter at Marsh Way House in Wakefield city centre, has a long criminal record, with 50 previous convictions for 155 offences.
Mitigating, Samreen Akhtar said despite his unenviable record, it had been five years since Murray’s last court appearance.
She said he had “contrition and remorse” and accepted the Crown’s case in full, refusing to blame alcohol.
She added: “He acknowledges his behaviour was disgraceful. He accepts he had multiple opportunities to walk away.
“It was his failure and his failure alone to do so.”
Judge Neil Clark was handed a 14-month sentence, suspended for two years.
He was also ordered to complete 20 rehabilitation days with probation, a domestic violence course, a 90-day alcohol abstinence requirement and a six-month GPS monitoring tag.