Violent thug threw bags of dog faeces at girlfriend in vicious attack
14.04.2023 - 09:33
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A violent thug hit his girlfriend over the head with a spade and placed a pillow over her face in a vicious attack.
Jake Shaw launched the savage ambush on his then on-and-off partner Kirsty Burrows following an argument over her dog, the Liverpool Echo reports. He struck her around the head with the spade as she fed their young son breakfast before throwing bags of dog faeces at her.
Shaw then picked up a knife and began cutting himself while holding their son, a court heard. The 30-year-old was locked up for 10 months at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday after admitting two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm.
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The sentence means he will be automatically freed on licence after five months in prison, including time spent on remand. Kirsty said she was baffled at the 'soft' sentence handed to her abusive ex.
She said she had suffered years of abuse at the hands of Shaw since meeting him on online dating site Plenty of Fish in 2015. She said: "At first it was alright. We just got on.
"He played rugby and that and I thought he was good looking, we just had a laugh. But I didn't know anything about his past."
Their relationship developed and Shaw moved from his hometown of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire to live with Kirsty in St Helens. She then became pregnant with his child in 2016, which is when his behaviour became increasingly abusive.
It did not take long for Shaw to demonstrate his violent temper, although Kirsty was not the first person she saw him attack. She told the ECHO: "We went on a night out around his and he battered his mum in front of me. He hit her with an iron and a plank of
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