Paul Anthony Edwards
A MAN threw his partner to the floor and thrust his hand into her mouth and "gouged" the flesh on the inside of her cheek with his nails leaving her "physically and emotionally devastated", a court has heard.
Swansea Crown Court heard that Paul Anthony Edwards was on bail for dangerous driving following a high-speed car chase when he set-upon his victim in the early hours of the morning while drunk or "on something".
Edwards, from Penlan, has a previous conviction for assaulting a former partner.
Lisa McCormick, prosecuting, told the court that on the evening of May 30 traffic officer PC Lee Christer was in his patrol car on Cockett Road in Cockett when he saw a Fiat Punto being driven in the opposite direction at excessive speed.
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The officer turned his car around and caught-up with the Punto at Fforestfach Cross — when the traffic lights turned green the Punto sped away, wheel-spinning as it left the junction.
There then followed a chase along Pentregethin Road at speeds touching 70mph, with Edwards going through a red light at the Ravenhill Road junction, and at one point driving into oncoming traffic as he overtook a bus.
The weather conditions on the evening were described as very rainy and with poor visibility.
Edwards eventually abandoned the car and fled on foot — police traced him via his partner, who was the registered owner of the vehicle.
But the 28-year-old, from Nolton Court, failed to turn up at court to face the driving charges and an arrest warrant was issued - he was on bail and wanted when, in the early hours of September 26, he assaulted his partner at the house they shared in Manselton.
The court heard that Edwards got home around 5.30am after a night out, and seemed to his partner to be "either intoxicated or on something". A row later broke-out about money he owed her, and he grabbed his partner by the neck and threw her to the floor - he then sat astride her, thrust a hand into her mouth and "gouged" the inside of her cheek with his nails.
His victim needed seven stitches in the wound, and in a statement read to court said the attack had left her "physically and emotionally devastated".
Edwards had previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop for a police officer, driving with no insurance and wounding when he appeared via videolink for sentencing.
Judge Keith Thomas jailed Edwards for eight months for the dangerous driving and eight months for the wounding, both sentences to run consecutively. No separate penalty was imposed for the other offences.
He also disqualified the defendant from driving for 12 months.
The judge also made Edwards the subject of a five year restraining order banning him from contacting his now former partner.
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