Vile Morley thug caused injuries to partner compared to those 'usually seen in high-speed car crashes'
She required facial reconstruction after brutal assault
A thug attacked his partner with such force that as medical expert said it compared to injuries usually seen in a high-speed car crash.
Peter Lynch launched at the woman in the kitchen of her home after she told them the relationship was over and she wanted him out.
In drink, he then put her through a horrific ordeal, slamming her head off the floor that left her with multiple face fractures and a bleed to her brain.
Appearing at Leeds Crown Court, the 51-year-old admitted Section 18 GBH with intent.
Prosecutor Dan Lee said the couple had been in a relationship for around four years.
On March 28 they went to a comedy show in Leeds and drank alcohol, before returning to their Worrall Street home in Morley at around 11pm.
They got into an argument and the woman told him she wanted to end the relationship and wanted Lynch out of her home. In anger, he threw a pet cat across the room.
The woman had little memory of the attack on her the ensued, but remembers Lynch grabbing her by the hair and slamming her head repeatedly into the floor.
Lynch himself then rang 999 and said he needed an ambulance because he feared the woman may die.
But on his arrest, he called her “horrible” as he was being led away.
The emergency services arrived and took the woman to hospital. She had a bleed to the brain and multiple fractures to her face in which splints of bone had come away from the skull.
She required two rounds of reconstructive surgery with pins being inserted into the face and jaw to keep them in place.
A medical expert said such injuries were usually seen in high-speed car crashes, which conflicted with Lynch’s account in which he played down the severity of his attack.
He initially denied causing GBH with intent, but later change his plea. He appeared in court over a video link from HMP Leeds where he was being held on remand.
He has two previous convictions for four offences, mainly for violence.
Mitigating, Christopher Morton said Lynch’s last conviction was 26 years ago, and described him as a hard worker.
But he conceded it was a “moment of madness” and said Lynch was immediately remorseful, supported by him making the frantic call to the emergency services.
The judge, Recorder Catherine Silverton, jailed Lynch for 55 months.
She did not deem him a danger to society, so an extended sentence was not imposed.
A restraining order of indefinite length was imposed to keep him away from the victim.