Thug who stabbed girlfriend with scissors jailed for 22 months

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A thug who stabbed his girlfriend with scissors was jailed for 22 months after a sheriff described his criminal behaviour as "extremely worrying".Nassin Boutoubane also threatened the woman with a knife at her Bellshill home, Hamilton Sheriff Court was told.Boutoubane, 24, appeared from custody and admitted assaulting the victim on August 20 and 21 last year.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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She refused and he grabbed her by the hair and slapped her."He let go but picked up a pair of scissors and brandished them, saying 'If you don't unlock your phone I'll kill you'."Thereafter he struck her on the hand, causing a 1.5cm cut."He dropped the scissors and the complainer picked them up and hid them."Boutoubane then pulled a kitchen knife from a drawer and shouted 'Do as I f*****g say or I'll kill you'."The