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Cage fighter locked up for breaking ex-partner's nose

A cage fighter who broke his ex-partner's nose using a martial arts move during an argument has been locked up for 14 months and handed a four-year restraining order.

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Jordan Williams, of Bridgnorth, had been at the Wolverhampton home of his then-partner Chloe McIntyre when the pair began arguing, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

Mr Peter Cooke, representing Williams, said the couple's relationship had been "disintegrating" and the argument had escalated to the point where Miss McIntyre had verbally insulted Williams and "took a swipe at him" with a pint glass.

He said: "He responded with a heel palm strike which had the effect of breaking her nose."

Mr Cooke said Williams, who is a trained martial artist, had been "sorely provoked".

He said it was a single blow but she had told doctors he had hit her a number of times.

The court was told that the 20-year-old, of Victoria Road, immediately became concerned about her welfare and offered to get her medical attention.

Mr Cooke said: "The evidence is that he has not been violent to a partner or girlfriend ever before.

"He is someone whose current girlfriend is perfectly confident he faces no risk to her."

He told the court that Williams said his ex-partner had been "just an episode in his life" and that he had put her entirely behind him.

Williams, who wore a dark grey suit to the hearing and spoke only to confirm his name, was found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm from March 2013 following a trial.

Miss Amy Jacobs, prosecuting, said there had been a history between the pair and applied for a restraining order, telling the court it was "entirely appropriate".

Judge John Warner said Williams had a record for violence and disorder dating back to 2008.

He said he had retaliated to actions on Miss McIntyre's part but that the attack had left her with a cut lip and bruised, swollen and deformed nose which was found to be broken.

He said Williams took part in cage fighting and told him: "You are a man who should know your own strength."

Williams was sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders institution and was ordered to pay £100 victim surcharge.

Judge Warner also made a restraining order forbidding Williams from contacting Miss McIntyre for a period of four years.

He told him: "In my judgement a restraining order is justified.

"Whatever the failings of that lady, it's necessary for protecting her."

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