Serial domestic abuser attacked partner in the belief someone was in her loft

THUG JAILED AND GIVEN RESTRAINING ORDER

- By ADAM EVERETT ECHO Reporter

A SERIAL domestic abuser was left smashing his own head against the pavement after developing a “paranoid” belief his TikTok girlfriend was hiding another man in her attic.

Callum Lydiate viciously assaulted his new partner within months of meeting her via the social media platform, repeatedly punching and kicking her before pulling out clumps of her hair.

The thug has now been convicted of violent offences against three women with whom he has been in relationships.

A judge told him he had a “worrying side to his personality” and urged him to “do better”. Liverpool Crown Court heard on Wednesday, that Lydiate, of Deanland Drive in Speke, began a relationship with Lucy Price after the couple met on TikTok about three months prior to May 2 this year.

On May 2, the 26-year-old defendant attended his girlfriend's Liscard home clutching a bottle of vodka.