Man jailed for screwdriver attack on former partner

A man who assaulted his former partner three times, including hitting her on the head with a screwdriver handle, has been jailed for 14 months.

Bradley Underwood, 28, of Bridgewater Street, Sale, Manchester, admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Mold Crown Court.

Prosecutor Joseph Lees told the court the pair had been in an “on-off relationship” but it went “toxic”. During a break in their relationship, the woman went for a drink with Underwood’s friends in Holywell, Flintshire.

Underwood threatened her, saying he would “smash your head in” if she had a relationship with any of them. Later at home, he hit his former partner on the head with the handle of a screwdriver on 17th September.

On other occasions that month, he punched and kicked the woman’s back, arms and legs, the court heard.

Euros Jones, defending, said Underwood has ADHD and emotionally unstable personality disorder.

Sentencing him, His Honour Judge Simon Mills told the defendant he had been “brutal” and “terrifying”. He jailed Underwood for 14 months for each count of ABH, with one concurrent, and a concurrent one-month jail term for causing criminal damage to the woman’s mobile phone.