Eight convicted domestic abusers women need to steer clear of including one whose vicious assault led to an eye being removed

“This is domestic abuse at its worst,” was the way one judge described what one of the men below did to his partner and sadly it is a crime we are seeing go through the courts all too frequently. Assaulting a partner, whether it is a man or a woman, is never acceptable and the punishments can be grave.

Below, court reporter Martin Naylor highlights some of the more shocking cases he has had the misfortune to have covered recently.

Jan Khan

Jan Khan carried out a shocking campaign of harassment against his girlfriend and her mother during which he threatened to kill family members and “plant a bomb”. Following one argument the 22-year-old landed a “full force” kick to the victim’s face as she sat on her doorstep.

The defendant, of Long Eaton, also told the woman he would push her into a canal and drown her after sending a series of abusive messages to her and her mum over social media. And the court heard how the effect of what the defendant did affected her mental health and caused her to fall into “deep depression.”

Stefan Fox, prosecuting, said after the relationship ended, in the summer of 2022, Khan carried out what he described as “a campaign of harassment” against the victim and her mother.

Mr Fox gave a summary of some of the incidents which took place. He said there were threatening messages sent over social media accounts and arguments on the telephone. The prosecutor said: “He sent her a Facebook message which read ‘LOL can’t wait to stab a white person’ and ‘I am going to kill your mum’.”

Khan, of Peveril Crescent, pleaded guilty to charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and putting a person in fear of safety. Recorder Balraj Bhatia KC handed him a 20-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.