SHEFFIELD MAN JAILED FOR CONTROLLING AND BRUTAL ABUSE OF PARTNER
A violent ex who humiliated his girlfriend of 17 years when he made her strip in front of others and attacked her with a weapon has been jailed.Controlling David Jeffcock was said to have handed down regular beatings to his former partner who he had an on and off relationship with for 17 years, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
The 53-year-old was already on bail for the false imprisonment and wounding of a man who was attacked with a razor blade, pool cue, and a knife in 2019 when he attacked his partner in the home they shared earlier this year.
The court heard that during a trial, his ex described herself as having become a “punch bag” and would be beaten “two or three times a week”.
She was grabbed by the hair, spat on, punched, kicked, and strangled.
During one ordeal, she was made to strip as Jeffcock believed she had money on her and was hiding it.
She was also punched and hit her head against a radiator causing injuries to her jaw, eye, nose, and ribs.
Jeffcock, of Whinacre Place, Sheffield, was convicted by a jury of controlling and coercive behaviour, racially aggravated assault, and two counts of wounding with intent.
Part of the trial had resumed in his absence due to testing positive for coronavirus, and he only found out on Friday that he had been convicted.
Mr Justice Andrew Baker described Jeffcock’s most brutal attack as a “terrifying ordeal” and sentenced him to five years and eight months in prison.
This sentence is to run consecutively to the six-year sentence imposed earlier this year for the false imprisonment and wounding of the man at the home Jeffcock shared with his ex-partner.
Upon hearing his sentence, Jeffcock said: “I can’t believe you believed her.
It’s all wrong.”
