You made her feel like her life was literally not worth living.' You strangled her to the point that she felt there was nothing she could do to fight back. 'On one occasion you hit her head against the wall so hard it bounced off it. You inflicted really quite awful and sustained violence on her, behaving with ludicrous jealousy. Jailing him for two-and-a-half years, Recorder Adrian Reynolds said: 'You were released on licence from your last prison sentence and you began a relationship with this lady which it is no exaggeration to say was 'a living hell' for her. And in a powerful victim impact statement the brave young mum described how the two years she spent with the defendant left her 'destroyed'. The 31-year-old, who has a history of violence, punched her to the groin during one argument as they drove together in a car. Derby Crown Court heard how jealous Daniel Thornton struck the Chaddesden victim so hard her head 'bounced' off a bedroom wall. This Derby woman-beater strangled his then partner to the point that her body went limp during a horrific catalogue of attacks on her.