Man punched ex in face after hearing she was sleeping with someone else then said 'look what you made me do'

25.01.2022 - 09:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A jealous ex said 'look what you've made me do' to his former partner after punching her in the face.

Ryan Day, 34, invited the woman for a drink with some friends after they had split months earlier.

He confronted her after being told that she had been sleeping with another man.

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After denying she had, Day 'jumped up' and punched her in the face.

"Look what you've made me do," he told her.

"If you had just been honest with me."

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His victim went to hospital after suffering a suspected broken nose.

Day was hauled before a judge after admitting that he'd attacked her.

Manchester Crown Court heard that the pair had been in a relationship for six months, which ended in July last year.

The victim had been out with friends in Manchester city centre, before being invited to a house in Crumpsall in the early hours.

She went there with a pal, meeting up with Day and other mutual friends.

Day was called by a friend, who told him that his ex had been sleeping with someone else.

After he attacked her, the woman left the house in a taxi and later went to Wythenshawe hospital.

Tests revealed no fractures to the nose, but a cut had been caused to the bridge of her nose.

Day, who has 27 previous convictions, was arrested and later pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily