BLACKWOOD MAN JAILED FOR YEARS OF CONTROLLING AND ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR
A CONTROLLING boyfriend isolated his partner from her family before going on to continually run her down and then carry out a nasty assault.Phillip Chilcott subjected his victim to years of domestic abuse which culminated in him putting his hands around her throat, threatening to kill her and headbutting her.
The victim thought she was going to die after being unable to breathe at one point and was left with a bleeding nose, a cut lip, and bruises on her neck.
Chilcott was arrested following this attack in July.
The relationship was very up and down, with issues of jealousy.
The defendant would be verbally abusive, make sly comments about her appearance, turn up uninvited at her events, trash her house, and send her pictures of the damage.
The victim provided a statement describing how she lost her self-confidence, was isolated from her loved ones, and was belittled.
Chilcott admitted to controlling and coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and criminal damage against his former girlfriend.
The offences took place between 2015 and 2022.
The 35-year-old of Penallta Way, Gelli-Haf, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood, had previous convictions for violence, harassment, possession of drugs, and criminal damage.
He was sentenced to two years in prison and an indefinite restraining order prohibiting contact with the woman.
