Quickly exit this site by pressing the Escape key Leave this site
We use some essential cookies to make our website work. We’d like to set additional cookies so we can remember your preferences and understand how you use our site.
You can manage your preferences and cookie settings at any time by clicking on “Customise Cookies” below. For more information on how we use cookies, please see our Cookies notice.
Your cookie preferences have been saved. You can update your cookie settings at any time on the cookies page.
Your cookie preferences have been saved. You can update your cookie settings at any time on the cookies page.
Sorry, there was a technical problem. Please try again.
This site is a beta, which means it's a work in progress and we'll be adding more to it over the next few weeks. Your feedback helps us make things better, so please let us know what you think.
A man who beat and choked his former partner to the point of unconsciousness has been jailed.
Robert Bleasdale, aged 48, launched a sustained assault on the woman after arriving at her home in a jealous rage.
After answering the door in the early hours of 8 June last year, the woman was immediately attacked – with Bleasdale forcing her to the floor and kicking her in the head, back and ribs.
As she tried to get away, he then pulled her hair and grabbed her by the throat – almost causing her to lose consciousness.
Police were called after a concerned member of the public heard a commotion and raised the alarm.
Once under the protection of a police officer, the clearly injured victim disclosed a previous incident in March where Bleasdale again grabbed her by the throat.
Bleasdale was arrested and denied all the accusations against him.
He continued his denials throughout a trial at Nottingham Crown Court in December, after which he was found guilty of two counts of intentional suffocation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He was found not guilty of engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour.
Appearing at the same venue on Tuesday 14 January, Bleasdale, of Montague Road, Hucknall, was jailed for a total of four years and three months.
He was also given a restraining order banning further contact with his victim.
Police Investigator Madeleine Wadden, a domestic abuse specialist at Nottinghamshire Police, said:
“Bleasdale is a large and powerful man who chose to inflict serious acts of violence on a woman who had little hope of defending herself.
“But for the timely intervention of a member of the public who called the police during his second attack, she could very well have come to even more serious harm.
“This kind of violence against women is utterly abhorrent and is something we work every day to prevent by holding violent abusers like him to account.
“I am pleased he has now been jailed and that his victim is now protected from him by an additional restraining order.”