Clipstone man knocked out his former partner when she told him to leave their home following row

Daniel Bonser first attacked the woman at a property they were sharing on Wallis Road, Mansfield, in September 2018 – and again at a new address on Elston Close in July 2020.

Nottingham Crown Court was told on Wednesday that Bonser and the woman had been arguing prior to the incident in 2018 and she had told him to leave the property, said James Armstrong-Holmes, prosecuting.

“When he was outside he started kicking the door and she eventually let him back in,” he told the court.

“He punched her to the face with such force that she fell to the ground and lost consciousness. It was three days later that she collapsed and she had to tell him to call an ambulance because he didn’t take the opportunity himself to call them.”

He said that when she was taken to hospital, the woman was diagnosed with a fractured cheek bone and had blood in her sinuses.

The relationship was subsequently rekindled last year but the 24-year-old, now of Edmonton Road, Clipstone, was asked to leave again because she felt he was ‘free-loading’ by not contributing to bills.

“She said she was going to call the police and he didn’t believe her so she held the phone to his ear so he could hear the emergency operator,” Mr Armstrong-Holmes told the court.

“He punched her twice in an upper-cut sort of motion and kicked her twice to the head when she was on the floor, and it was all heard by the emergency operator.”

The second attack left the woman with a broken nose and black eyes, the court heard.

Bonser, who was remanded in custody following the attack, admitted two counts of causing grievous bodily harm at an earlier hearing.

Mitigating, Gregor Purcell said: “He had a good upbringing and a loving home and had the support of a supportive family. He is adopted and his anger issues date back to when he was 13, when his birth mother contacted him and tried to put him at odds with his adoptive family. He accepts that the relationship is over.”

Sentencing Bonser to two years in prison, Judge John Burgess told him: “These were both horrid offences. In the first you punched her so hard that she broke her cheekbone, and in the second you kicked her in the head.

“Afterwards, she felt suicidal and guilty over you. Her mental health has become fragile and that is down to you. It clearly was a toxic relationship and I hope you realise that this is a relationship which is doing neither of you any good.”

A restraining order was also made prohibiting Bonser from contacting the woman or going onto the street where she lives.

Following the sentence, Det Con Helen Guttridge, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “These were reprehensible and cowardly attacks that left a young woman with substantial injuries.

“His actions were utterly indefensible and I am pleased he has now been punished for these offences. I hope that today’s sentence will bring a degree of comfort to his victim and also send a very clear message to others that this kind of violence is utterly unacceptable.”

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