Thug with history of violence is jailed

A violent man is starting a lengthy jail term for dragging his long-term friend and “rock” over broken glass and trying to hit her over the head with a spanner.

- Mark Payne

Kenneth Brown, 33, subjected the woman he had been close to for many years to the shocking assault at his home, then ignored pleas to call an ambulance.

He was jailed for nine years by Teesside Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent.

Prosecutor Joshua Cockburn described how the attack took place at Brown’s home in Hartlepool in July last year following an argument.

His shocking behaviour included banging the woman’s head off the kitchen wall and dragging her over broken glass by her hair, causing a serious injury to the tendon in her knee.