Blackpool Man admits assault on girlfriend

A man beat up his girlfriend and less than a month later crashed his car while three times over the alcohol limit.
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Blackpool Magistrates' Court

Wayne Sutton punched and strangled his partner then pushed her part way down a spiral staircase.

Sutton, 48, formerly of Central Drive, Blackpool, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm, driving with excess alcohol and three offences of failing to answer bail.

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He was remanded in custody for pre-sentence reports by magistrates.

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Blackpool Magistrates' Court

Prosecutor, Elliott Taylforth, said Sutton’s girlfriend said he was drunk and became violent on June 16 at 11pm.

He pushed her over a sofa and put two hands round her throat and squeezed.

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He then punched her in the side of the face, grabbed her hair and pushed her, causing her to fall down four to five steps of a spiral staircase badly bruising her back and ribs.

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On July 7 at 8.04pm police received a report a Peugeot had crashed on the resort’s Central Drive.

When officers got to the scene Sutton had left but he was found nearby and was unsteady on his feet.

A breath test showed 103 microgrammes of alcohol in his body - 35 is the limit.

Sutton’s defence lawyer said his client was in a very dark place at the moment and had indicated the mental health workers who visited him in the cells that he was having suicidal thoughts.