A domestic abuser strangled and spat on his partner as their once "fairy tale" romance ended in horror. Christopher Taylor had been in a relationship with his victim for around two years before she said it had begun to deteriorate before he turned violent.

She said he would regularly lie to her and they would argue but he had not been physically aggressive in the past. But, on April 12 this year, Taylor returned home after drinking and told her his phone was dead. She asked to see it as she didn't believe him and he tried to push a door shut to prevent her getting into the room he was in.

When she entered the room, he kept pushing her backwards onto the sofa by the throat, doing so four or five times. Then, he picked her up by the throat, pinning her against the front door, as he said: "

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