Dad repeatedly punched mum holding their baby in her arms and said "I might as well kill you"
03.02.2022 - 14:27
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A violent dad battered his ex-girlfriend saying "I might as well kill you" while she was holding their baby.
Liam Wallace-Clark, 33, met his 1-month old daughter for the first time on the day of the incident due to spending time in prison.
But it didn't take long until he was repeatedly punching his former partner, who will not be named, in the face after she attempted to call the police on him due to his intimidating behaviour.
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She was then "cornered" on a couch where Wallace-Clark announced: "If you're sending me to jail I might as well kill you", the Liverpool Echo reports.
Prosecutor Frank dillon said they had a "very short, three-week relationship" which resulted in the woman falling pregnant - shortly after Wallace-Clark was sent to prison.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, the mum, her child and her friend met Wallace-Clark in the town centre of Southport, Merseyside.
Mr Dillon added that they went to a Wetherspoons pub on Neville Street where Wallace-Clark made the two women feel "intimidated" by staring at them.
Liverpool Crown Court court heard Wallace_clark later made threats to staff and was then escorted out of the pub.
At around 10pm, Wallace-Clark rang the victim to tell her he couldn't get a train home and repeatedly asked whether he could stay the night.
The victim agreed to let him stay in her spare room, as long as he didn't enter the living room where she was with her friend.
Despite this agreement, Wallace-Clark came into the room and began an argument with the victim.
She told him to leave or else she would call the police.
The women were so scared hat they put a couch against the living room door, but Wallace-Clark "barged" in, saying "please don't ring the police" - he then took the