MAN HIT AND STRANGLED HIS PARTNER

A FLINTSHIRE man hit his partner and strangled her.

- BY DAVID POWELL

Christopher Davies pleaded guilty to intentional strangulation and assault causing actual bodily harm.

A judge at Mold Crown Court yesterday gave the 35-year-old, of Moor Avenue, Holywell, a total jail term of two years but suspended the term for two years.

Prosecutor Jemma Gordon said on November 30 last year the defendant's friend asked him if he could borrow the defendant's bank card at their home.

The partner said Davies couldn’t do that but Davies slapped her, the court heard. Then he put his hands around her neck for “a couple of seconds”.

The woman's neck was red and sore. Moments later he banged a dining room chair as if to break it.