A man who hit his ex-partner with a hairdryer before strangling her has been jailed.

Jack Taylor, 31, grabbed his then-partner and threw her around the room before strangling her on the bed.

On Thursday, May 11, Burnley Crown Court heard how on March 19 Taylor had been back living with his partner when the attack happened.

The woman had asked him to leave and he started to attack her, hitting her with a hairdryer.

He threw her around before pinning her down and strangling her, with the woman 'believing she was going to die'.

Afterwards, the woman sent him a message saying she was 'black and blue' and Taylor apologised, however, Judge Sara Dodd, sentencing, said this abusing of his partner was a pattern of behaviour.

Taylor, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm, common assault and criminal damage.

Judge Dodd said: “You attacked her. You hit her with a hairdryer.

“I heard that you ‘lost it’ when she told you to leave. You grabbed her, throwing her around.

“You strangled her in her bed, telling her you would kill her. She believed she was going to die.”

Judge Dodd jailed Taylor for 21 months. He is also subject to a restraining order for five years.