Brute threatened girlfriend with machete in rage

A BRUTE in a jealous rage attacked his girlfriend and threatened her with a machete, telling her she 'wasn't going to exist any more.'

- By POPPY KENNEDY

Kobi Dougan has been locked up after he admitted a string of offences after two violent attacks on different young women. Teesside Crown Court heard how in a jealous rage he punched and kicked his then partner before threatening her with a machete.

In November last year, Dougan had been in a night club in Stockton.

She wanted to go home and booked a taxi, but the thug took her phone and walked away from her. She fol-lowed him and demanded it back.

Paul Abrahams, prosecuting, said: "He spat in her face, telling her she was the cause of all their arguments."

Two weeks later, after the woman had been out socialising with friends, she went back to Dougan's home and got into bed next to him.

As she was going to sleep she noticed him on her phone, Teesside Crown Court heard, which she allowed.

She was awoken by him and he used an open palm to strike her face, he struck her again and as she was on the floor he hit her 10 times to the face. "He kicked her as she lay on the floor," said Mr Abrahams.