Ryan Guy also controlled where she was allowed to go and who she could see
A teenager who attacked his girlfriend when she refused his demands for sex has avoided going to jail.
Ryan Guy carried out a campaign of controlling behaviour on the woman during their relationship and she even lost her job as he told her when she could and couldn’t go to work.
The victim was subjected to “emotional and physical violence” and her weight plummeted to just over six stone due to the stress she suffered.
Guy, 19, of London Road, Whitley, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and controlling behaviour at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court - the city in which the offences took place - and was handed a suspended prison sentence.
Prosecutor Peter McCartney said Guy began a relationship with the woman in November 2014 and she ended it after six months because he accused her of cheating, the Stoke Sentinel reports.
But they soon got back together and Guy started his campaign of emotional and physical violence. Mr McCartney said: “She did not tell anyone. She thought he would change.”
On April 12, 2017, he told her where she could and could not go. Mr McCartney said he then attempted to strangle her.
“On June 4, they argued again over sex. He punched her repeatedly causing red marks and pain to her legs,” he added.
“He grabbed her neck. When it stopped, she texted her dad and asked him to pick her up.
"She told the defendant the relationship was over and left.”
Guy pleaded guilty in court to two offences of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and controlling behaviour between December 29, 2015, and June 5, 2017.
He was sentenced to nine months of detention in a young offenders’ institution, suspended for two years, with a rehabilitation activity requirement for 25 days.
Guy was also made the subject of an indefinite restraining order, which prevents him having any contact with his victim.
Arif Hussain, mitigating for Guy, said: “He has asked me to apologise to the court and the victim. He is sorry for what has gone on.” Yes, he looks sorry too!
I'd also like to bet that's not his real name or address?
