44-year-old Ian Price, from Islwyn Road in Mayhill, slapped his ex-partner to the head and the side of the face during arguments. He prevented her from leaving the home address, telling her he was in control and even headbutting her fridge, causing a dent.
Swansea Crown Court heard how Price grabbed his former partner by the neck and pushed her into a dishwasher, causing her to briefly lose consciousness. The woman was then thrown across the floor and into the fridge, with Price jumping on top of her and pinned her down, telling her it was a “hostage situation”.
Recorder Christopher Felstead said Price had been in a “volatile relationship” during which he “asserted control” over his partner and had called her “foul and disgusting names”.
Price pleaded guilty to multiple counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
He has been sentenced to 27 months in prison.
PC Andrea Jones from South Wales Police said: “Ian Price is an extremely jealous man who enacted physical violence upon his ex-partner due to being threatened by her previous relationships and any other man she came into contact with in her working life.
“He needed to have complete control over his ex-partner in order to feel secure in the relationship. When he felt he did not have that control, he resorted quickly to violence.
“We are pleased that Ian Price is no longer involved with the victim and that she can relax knowing that he is now behind bars.”
