23-07-2025
'I'm sick to death - f*****g third time I've been locked up for this'
A man who battered his partner over the head with a metal pole told cops: 'I'm sick to death... f***ing third time I've been locked up for this.'
Dean Jolly, 34, attacked the woman during a drunk bust-up on New Year's Eve 2024. It began after he asked to see her phone, believing she was being unfaithful.
The couple had been in a 'turbulent' relationship for around 13 years, Manchester Crown Court heard.
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Pierce Power, prosecuting, said that on December 31 last year, the woman called police to report Jolly had thrown a kettle at her and hit her over the head with a metal pole.
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She said she had to escape by climbing out of the window after he had taken her keys and locked the door.
'She said he wanted access to her phone, but she would not give it to him," Mr Power said. "He was concerned she was messaging other men, and she accepts she was having an affair with another man.
'He was going to leave the property but she didn't want him to and said she wanted to be with him 'forever'. He then put his hands to her throat, taking hold of her neck for a few seconds making it difficult for her to breathe.'
The woman picked up a knife from the kitchen, but Jolly was able to disarm her. He then hit her with the pole.
She was left with a wound to her scalp and bruises over her back and arms. The woman said they had both been drinking and were using drugs at the time.
Jolly was arrested the following day. He told officers: 'Sick to death with it... time and time again. Third time. F***ing section 18 again. I'm sick to death, f***ing third time I've been locked up for this.'
His partner has not supported the prosecution and did not provide a victim impact statement, it was said. Jolly has 14 previous convictions for 19 offences, though had no previous convictions for violence.
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Adam Roxborough, defending, said Jolly recognises drugs had played a detrimental impact on his mental health and had been drug free since being remanded in custody.
He said he had spent the equivalent of a 14 month jail term while on remand.
'There is a turbulent past to this relationship, it began when they were very young and became extremely toxic towards the end because of her infidelity,' Mr Roxborough said.
'He is not a violent person. He has a genuine wish to put the relationship behind him.'
Handing him a suspended jail term, Recorder Nicholas Fewtrell said: 'It's important to send out a message to those men, like you, who believe they can act this way towards women that it won't be tolerated.
'However, you are making progress to try and turn your life around during the last seven months on remand.'
Jolly, of Elter Water Avenue, Workington in Cumbria, was made the subject of an 18-month community order and ordered to carry out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 100 hours unpaid of work. He previously pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and strangulation.