Controlling bully made girlfriend's life a 'misery'

HE BREACHED 10-YEAR RESTRAINING ORDER WEEKS AFTER IT WAS MADE

- By MARK NAYLOR

Liam McKenzie admitted breaching a 10-year restraining order

A CONTROLLING bully who made his young girlfriend's life a “misery” - causing her to “change her behaviour” and stop wearing makeup and certain clothes - breached a restraining order shortly after it was made.

It was a “deliberate” breach and could easily have landed him in prison only months after he was given a chance, Hull Crown Court heard.

Liam McKenzie, 42, of Bacheler Street, west Hull, admitted breaching a 10-year restraining order on October 12. It had been made on August 13 after he admitted using controlling and coercive behaviour between June 1, 2022 and January 8 this year as well as causing criminal damage on January 5.

Amber Hobson, prosecuting, said that police were alerted to an ongoing incident after the woman called the police. McKenzie was with her in the house in breach of the terms of the restraining order.