Laindon dad sentenced to prison for domestic abuse

LAINDON DAD SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

A DAD has been jailed after for attacking his ex-partner in a "persistent assault".

Landscape gardener Zak Robinson, 29 of Elizabeth Way in Laindon, shoved the woman and twisted her arm.

He was subject to both a restraining order and a suspended sentence at the time of the incident.

He appeared at Basildon Crown Court via prison video link on Thursday (October 9) to be sentenced for assault by beating and breaching a restraining order.

In summer 2024, he was made the subject of a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, for assaulting and harassing the same woman.

On August 3, 2025, he knocked on the woman's door, barged in when she opened it, grabbed her and shoved her to the floor.

Prosecutor Leanne Hemming described it as “a very serious breach”, amounting to domestic abuse in the presence of a child.

“He kept advancing towards her despite four warnings in total,” said Miss Hemming, making it “a persistent assault”.

The woman had to attend hospital for her injuries and suffered “psychological distress”.

The court heard Robinson had convictions for 14 prior offences, including recent convictions for common assault and battery.

He also had “a history of disobedience with court orders”, having breached orders on seven occasions in the past.

Robinson read a letter to the judge, Recorder Kevin O’Connor, during Thursday’s hearing.

“I regret my actions and what happened that afternoon every single day,” he said.

“I make no excuses for what I have done and take full responsibility and now have to face the consequences.” He said he hoped his victim could forgive him.

“I know deep down I’m not a bad or horrible man,” he said.

“This will never happen again.” Defence barrister Nicholas Maggs described Robinson as “a good and supportive father” who had experienced “problems in the past with alcohol and cocaine”.

“He says that that is something he has dealt with,” he said.

Mr O'Connor sentenced Robinson to ten months in prison for the new offences, plus six weeks consecutive for breaching the previous suspended sentence order.