Don't miss a thing by signing up to the MyOldham newsletter here A woman feared for her life after her violent partner punched her, hit her head into a mirror and squeezed her neck after a petty row over cider.
Andrew Allen, 41, has been locked up for 16 months following the terrifying attack in Oldham last month. His former partner escaped through a kitchen window to get away from him. READ MORE : Gun attack on quiet street at night was 'targeted', police say She was left with a 'horribly swollen face' and had bruises to her neck.
Her four hour ordeal was flared by an argument after she had drunk some of Allen's cider, at about 8pm on July 28. Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard
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