Vile thug caged for holding knife to girlfriend's throat and threatening to break every bone in her body

Stephen Williams has been jailed for two years admitting several charges against him including assault by beating.

A violent thug who poured a corrosive cleaner over his girlfriend’s head before threatening to break every bone in her body has been jailed.

Stephen Williams held a knife to his victim’s throat, punched her in the face and repeatedly threatened to kill during a horrific campaign of abuse.

The 30-year-old forced the woman to give up her job in case she cheated on him and drove around with her in the cab of his truck to stop her from speaking to others.

The vile abuser flew into a fit of rage when she said a photo of her younger brother looked ‘cute’ before threatening to take her to a field where he’d kill her.

He said: “That’s it, you’re dead. Say bye to your street, you’re not coming home.

“I’m taking you to a field and you’re dead, and then I’m going to come back and I’m going to get your mum and sister and then I’ll save your little brother 'til last.

“We’re gonna go to a field, I’m gonna kick you around and I’m gonna break every single bone in your body. You’re never gonna feel pain like it.”

Williams has now been jailed for two years by a judge who described him as a 'controlling and manipulative bully', the Manchester Evening News reports.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard Williams, of Newlands Avenue, Bolton, started dating the then 18-year-old in May last year. She is 10 years younger than him.

Gavin Howie, prosecuting, said Williams would ring her constantly, telling her how much he loved her. For a few weeks, the relationship seemed to be going well.

Problems started when he told her to cut ties with her friends in the Bury area, including her best friend.

Williams then forced her to quit her job at a hair salon after becoming obsessed with the idea she was being unfaithful to him during her working hours.

He worked as a HGV driver for Arnold Transport at the time and instructed his girlfriend to spend his working days with him in his cab at all times.

While waiting for a container at a depot in Trafford Park in July last year, Williams flew into a rage as he asked his girlfriend for details about her relationships with ex-partners.

He held a knife to her throat, saying: “Do you think I won’t slice your throat? 'Cause I will.”

After the attack was interrupted by another HGV driver, Williams later stabbed his girlfriend in the arm with a biro pen.

Another witness described seeing an incident over the summer in which Williams and the victim were at the depot of Arnold Transport.

Williams tipped a bucket of TFR - a type of corrosive cleaner - over his girlfriend's head but he told another driver he had done it as a joke.

In August, Williams and the victim argued in an Aldi supermarket after she told him she wanted to see her family.

After driving her to her mother's house, he parked outside before punching her in the face and repeatedly kicked her in the head and body.

Williams drove away from the house at speed while holding the victim by the hair and punching her. He bit the back of her neck while threatening to kill her in a field and 'break every single bone in your body'.

When he noticed she had sustained bruising to her eye, he said: “I’ve gone too far, I have to finish you off.”

He pulled her finger back, causing her ligament damage.

After telling her sister about the assaults, police were called and she was treated in hospital for a fractured rib and bruising to her face.

The court heard that after his arrest, while he was in HMP Liverpool prison, Williams contacted another ex-partner who had given a statement to police.

He asked her to retract her statement and threatened her by saying: “I will get out one day and you will regret it.”

Richard English, defending, said Williams acknowledges he behaved badly and that his guilty pleas were 'genuine'.

He said: "He has had a very difficult time and has spent some time in the Army.

"The victim has made clear that she does wish to continue to be in a relationship with the defendant."

Before passing sentence, Judge John Potter told Williams: "You should be thoroughly ashamed.

"These offences as a whole portray you to be a manipulative and controlling bully.

"In particular, while you were in a relationship with your female partners, I have come to the view that you pose a significant risk to them.

"It seems the victim wants to reconcile with you, I have concerns as to this, but I respect the victim's views."

Wiliams pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship; assault by beating; assault occasioning actual bodily harm; causing an unauthorised transmission from prison; and witness intimidation.

He was sentenced to two years in prison. He was made the subject of a restraining order, forbidding him to see or contact his ex-partner for two years.