JASON BIGGIN

A man known for domestic abuse was sentenced to prison following a violent attack on his former partner in front of her child.

Jason Biggin forcibly pulled out sections of the woman's hair and pushed her to the ground at a bus stop.

He then proceeded to break her mobile phone before witnesses, alarmed by the scene, intervened to prevent further harm.

Biggin appeared before Teesside Crown Court to be sentenced for charges of assault and criminal damage.

The court was also informed that he had violated a previously suspended sentence order through these actions.

During the hearing, the court was presented with details of Biggin's troubling history of domestic violence, which includes headbutting a partner, threatening her with a knife, biting and hitting her, as well as kicking another woman in the head.

The most recent incident took place on May 19 of the previous year.

On that day, the victim was accompanied by her 10-year-old son at a bus stop when Biggin approached and attacked her.

Prosecutor Laura Miller described how the victim sustained injuries to her arm, and photographs taken after the attack displayed areas where Biggin had torn out her hair.

It was also revealed that Biggin has a criminal record comprising 29 convictions for 48 separate offences.

Failing to attend his trial at Teesside Magistrates' Court, he was convicted in absentia.

Biggin, of Naseby Court in Brotton, received a sentence of 15 months and 14 days imprisonment.