THIS WEEK IN 1989: Man set to marry girl he was jailed for attacking
The man, aged 21, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on his partner.
When he appeared before court, he also admitted to using threatening words towards his girlfriend six days after the assault.
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It was a month after the couple had split up that the pair bumped into eachother at Joanna’s Disco, Southsea, said Nicholas Atkinson, prosecuting.
It was on this night that the man proceeded to headbutt his would-be fiance’s nose, twice, also dragging her into a side street and slapping her.