Man returned to ex's home and smashed door in after she threw him out
A man told to leave his former partner's Oswestry home returned and broke in by smashing the door.
Ricky Lloyd then put her hands around his victim's throat leaving her in fear of her life, Shrewsbury Crown Court was told.
Lloyd, 35, of no fixed abode, received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, after Judge Peter Barrie heard that he had already spent 95 days in jail on remand, awaiting his sentence.
He was also ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work in the community and undertake 40 hours of rehabilitation including a skills for relationships programme.
Mr Andrew Tucker, prosecuting, said that after being released from a prison sentence in 2016, Lloyd began a relationship with his victim and they had planned to marry later this year.
But last year she asked him to leave the house.
On November 21 she told him he could pick his clothes up from the doorstep. However Lloyd forced entry via the back door, smashing the window with a claw hammer.
His former partner cut her feet on the shards of glass, Mr Tucker said.
"He followed her upstairs, pushed her against the bedroom window and started manual strangulation, lasting about 60 seconds. It was extremely painful and she was in fear of her life."
The woman managed to escape, went to the neighbour and phoned the police. Lloyd ran off with her phone and engagement ring.
Mr Kevin Jones for Lloyd, said the defendant had not intended to break in and had just wanted his property back.
"He had been living in a Travelodge and the only things he was with him were the clothes he stood up in," he said.
Mr Jones said after Lloyd's release from prison in 2016 the probation service said he had shown exemplary behaviour.
He added: "He is now back at square one and has spent 95 days in prison awaiting sentence."
Judge Barrie said that after a long record of dishonest and violent offending Lloyd had led several years of a successful life in the community before it went badly wrong.
"This was a violent intrusion into your victim's home - you threw everything away and it is not without hesitation that I will give you a second chance," the judge told Lloyd.
"In the light of the time you have spent in custody I will suspend the sentence for two years."
