Girlfriend of violent bully who strangled her in brutal attack says he found ways of "keeping her in fear"

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A violent and heavy-drinking bully left his frightened girlfriend suffering "terror" and "torments" after he strangled her so that she could barely breathe.Aggressive and controlling Jodie Hudson, 35, attacked her during three vicious assaults, including putting his hands around her neck and squeezing hard.

Hudson, of Hull, warned her that he would "smash" her face and repeatedly shouted at her, Hull Crown Court heard. Hull Live reports that Hudson admitted to three offences of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, on May 9, June 26 and August 31.

He was due to face a trial and jury, unusually all 12 of it women, had been sworn and was about to start hearing the case.But he changed his pleas to guilty before the trial began properly.Rachel Scott, prosecuting, said that Hudson became aggressive during the first incident and drunkenly shouted at and intimidated the woman.He grabbed her around the throat and eventually the victim fell down the stairs while they tussled over her keys.

She suffered bruises and cuts.In the second confrontation, Hudson had again been drinking when he started shouting and put his hands around the woman's throat, causing injury.She tried to talk to him but he was just shouting in her face and he told her: "I'm going to smash your face in."She suffered an injury to her face and inside her mouth.In the third assault, Hudson grabbed her neck and squeezed hard until she was struggling to breathe."He was shouting at her, telling her she never shuts up," said Miss Scott."When he let go, she was gasping for breath."Hudson put his fists in her cheeks.The woman later said that, after their relationship started, Hudson was "charming" but alcohol abuse and shows of temper became more apparent."