RHYS PARKER

Man spat in girlfriend's face before punching her and leaving her with broken jaw.

A MAN spat in his girlfriend’s face then punched her and left her with a broken jaw.

The attack happened in Bradshawgate after the pair had been drinking around the town centre.

Rhys Parker was yesterday sentenced to 15 months in prison for common assault, GBH and breaching a suspended sentence.

Bolton Crown Court heard how Parker and the victim were in The Swan, in Churchgate on November 26 last year and had been arguing.

He swept a table of glasses and bottles over his girlfriend and was then kicked out of the pub.

The victim, who is no longer in a relationship with Parker, went to Shots bar and texted him to follow her.

Once he got there, he threw a drink over her back.

Parker, aged 24, of Staton Avenue in Tonge Moor, then followed her outside and spat in her face.

She then slapped him before he punched her in the face, causing her to fall to the ground and fracture her jaw.

She had to undergo surgery and had a metal plate put into her jaw.

Just 10 days earlier, on November 18, the pair, who had been together for about a year, were at his home and had again been drinking and started.

arguing.

He struck her in the face, leaving her with two black eyes and a sore and swollen nose.

Daniel Calder, prosecuting, said the pair had a ‘tempestuous relationship’ and often argued, especially when they had been drinking.

Brendan O’Leary, defending Parker, said: “He readily accepts he is a changed person when he drinks alcohol.

He recognises that.” Judge Richard Gioserano condemned Parker’s history of violence.

He said: “This was not some one-off moment of violence wholly out of character for you.

You had assaulted her before.” The court heard how Parker had been sentenced to 26 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, earlier in 2017 for assaulting a man.

He was also given a restraining order stopping him from contacting the victim for five years.

Parker has an extensive criminal record, for multiple offences including repeated domestic violence with every girlfriend he has had.

Rhys has been charged with controlling and cohesive behaviour, and multiple assaults that did not make it to court - only due to his then girlfriend not pressing charges.

Anyone who is in a relationship / seeking one with Rhys is seriously urged to complete a Claire’s law, to see for yourselves.