Jailed: Former soldier who caused girlfriend of four weeks to jump from a moving car to escape brutal attack
An ex-soldier who forced his girlfriend to escape a brutal assault by squeezing through the window of her own moving car has been jailed.
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Kirk Hall formerly of Llwyn Road, Oswestry, had only been seeing the woman for four weeks when he attacked her, a court has heard.
Prosecuting the 32-year-old, Mr Oliver King told Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday that the pair started their relationship on March 1 this year.
He said just four weeks later, on March 30, the couple were in Ro-Loz bar in Oswestry.
“She went to the garden for a cigarette and he went outside a bit later and as he approached he observed that she was laughing at something on her phone,” said Mr King.
“He snatched it from her and scrolled through it. He then took her car keys from the pocket of her gilet and ran towards Bailey Head.”
He told the court that Hall returned a few minutes later, telling his victim he had put her phone in her car and the pair returned to it together.
When the pair got back to the car, which was parked in a pub car park at the top of Bailey Head, Mr King said Hall then attacked his victim.
“He grabbed the top of her head, smashing her glasses on top of her head causing them to shatter. He then grabbed her, taking hold of her hair and pulling her by the arm, but she grabbed a flower pot and the defendant let go,” said Mr King.
