He moved back in with his ex for lockdown - then attacked her in a drunken row
direct to your inboxA man attacked his partner after moving back in due to the coronavirus pandemic, a court heard.Stephen Partington, 37, hit the woman as the pair had a drink fuelled row, causing her to fall and hit her head on a door.A judge told him he had avoided jail 'by the skin of your teeth'.Manchester Crown Court heard the pair had been in a relationship since 2015, but it ended at the start of last year.They had separated but Partington moved back to her home in Little Hulton due to the pandemic, prosecutor Alistair Reid said.Manchester's courts are some of the busiest in the country with a vast array of cases heard every week.To keep up to date with how justice is being served across Greater Manchester subscribe to our free