A man who threatened his partner with a hammer and to slit her throat has been jailed for two years.
Harry Morrison attacked his partner at the time in a drunken rage on August 21 at her Aberdeen home.
The 32-year-old launched a sickening attack on the woman, seizing her by the body and threatening to assault her with a knife and hammer if she tried to leave the property. The thug also pushed and kicked her a number of times.
And Morrison also repeatedly covered the female’s mouth and nose with his hand, restricting her breathing, all to her injury.
Morrison, a prisoner of HMP Grampian, previously pled guilty to assault to injury.
Defence agent Ian Woodward-Nutt, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, said the relationship was now at an end, adding his client had an alcohol problem and remembered little of the assault.
Keep up to date with the latest news with The Evening Express newsletter
He added: “It’s fortunate that the injuries sustained by the complainer were minor.”
Sheriff William Summers said: “This is a serious assault. You wouldn’t let her leave the property and at one point you threatened her with a hammer and also threatened to slash her throat.”
He jailed Morrison for 24 months and granted a crown motion for a non-harassment order for three years.
This article originally appeared on the Evening Express website. For more information, read about our new combined website.