Vicious bully attacked girlfriend after seeing messages from her ex

HE ATTACKED A PREVIOUS GIRLFRIEND

- By MARK NAYLOR

A VICIOUS bully who once brutally beat up his girlfriend during an “atrocious attack” - and menacingly warned her that the only way that she would leave him was “in a body bag” - has been jailed for more violence.

Aggressive and bad-tempered James Tonkin had been jailed for four years in December 2021 but he ended up back in prison after jealously attacking another girlfriend after seeing messages from her ex-boyfriend on a phone, Hull Crown Court heard.

Tonkin, 37, of Rawcliffe Grove, off Boothferry Road, west Hull, admitted offences of assaulting the woman causing actual bodily harm, assaulting a police officer as an emergency worker and using threatening or abusive words or behaviour on March 28.

Daniel Ingham, prosecuting, said that Tonkin and his girlfriend were drinking together until the early hours. Cocaine was also being taken. Tonkin saw messages on a phone from her ex-boyfriend and went to grab the phone.