Man jailed for threats to throw acid at partner for reported domestic abuse | UK News

A man has been jailed after threatening to throw acid on his ex-girlfriend’s face if she told a court about the years of abuse he subjected her to.

Antony J Scott physically assaulted his victim in multiple incidents – punching her while driving, pushing her and pulling her hair.

Gloucester Crown Court heard how on one occasion he shouted at her, ‘who the f**k are you talking to’ when he saw her speaking on the phone.

The 42-year-old then slammed her with both hands to the chest, forcing her head to hit a chest of drawers.

As his partner desperately tried to ring 999, he grabbed her phone and smashed it in the wooden bedframe of her bed. A few days later she found a clump of hair on the floor.

The court was also told of the humiliation he put her through, isolating her from friends and family, checking her mobile and ordering her who she was allowed to meet.

Scott ripped apart her confidence calling her ‘a sl*g, a waste of space, you need to lose weight, you look vile’.

In a statement to the court, the woman detailed the effect of the abuse: ‘So much has happened over the course of five years it is impossible to put onto paper fully how it has affected me and it simply won’t do it justice.   

‘What I want to say is, my self-esteem and self-worth have vanished. I have been made to feel like I am worthless and my voice has been taken away.

‘I have been left with no option but to feel like I am the most worthless piece of rubbish that has been trodden all over, repeatedly.   

‘I have been robbed from all of these basic freedoms a young girl deserves. Social media was deleted, I was checked consistently on who was who and why I was talking to them, isolated from everyone.

‘My body image was ripped apart as the torture of emotional abuse grew with various name calling, “you’re a sl*g, a waste of space, you need to lose weight, you look vile”.

‘I started believing what he was calling me was true. My confidence is in pieces.’

Officers PS Figgett and PC Hayes, who investigated the accusations spanning four years, described the abuse as ‘severe, abhorrent, degrading, and intimidating’.

They applauded the victim for showing ‘huge amounts of courage and resilience’ by stepping forward and giving evidence.

Scott, of Mill Lane in Cheltenham, was jailed for three and a half years and given a ten year restraining order.

Sentencing him, Judge Lowe said: ‘You frequently humiliated her, you isolated her from friends and family, and made her feel worthless.

‘You checked up on her telephone use, and told her where she could go and with whom she could spend time.

‘Several of these assaults caused ABH-level injuries, in the form of bruising and hair loss.’

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