Thug kicked partner and strangled her daughter

A 46-YEAR-OLD thug has been jailed after he attacked his partner and then assaulted and strangled her daughter in front of her as she tried to help her mum.

- BRYANA FRANCIS Reporter

Judge Simon Mills told Mark Moon that if he was violent again, he would be going to prison for a “very, very long time”.

Alice Sykes, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court that on February 15 this year Moon had consumed some Stella beer and a whole bottle of spirits.

He kicked his partner in the ribs which winded her and caused a wound to her face which meant she couldn't see.

The court heard that her head hit a nearby plug socket so hard that it broke and when her daughter then tried to help he pinned her against the wall.

When she said she was going to ring the police he put his arm around her neck, restricting her breathing, and said: “It’s your f*****g fault, you should not have provoked me.”

In a victim impact statement read to the court by Ms Sykes, his former partner said the incident happened six days before her father’s funeral.