Domestic abuser Ben Grenfell was given a chance to change but tormented a new partner, a court hears.
A judge has apologised for giving a teenage domestic abuser a chance after he went on to "appallingly" torment a second girlfriend.
But within months Grenfell was attacking and stalking a new girlfriend. Sentencing him, Judge Gittins said: "I apologise to your second victim because I put her in harm's way."The teenager, from Burnopfield, County Durham, assaulted his first girlfriend several times between August and November 2023 and then harassed her to get back with him for two months, Judge Gittins said, including using threats to release intimate images of her.
Judge Gittins said there was "hope and expectation" that Grenfell would get the medical help he needed and use the opportunity of working for his father's plumbing business to become a "law-abiding member of the community".But just months later Grenfell started a relationship with a new girlfriend which quickly turned violent, abusive and controlling, the court heard.
She was "manipulated" into resuming their relationship but he again became aggressive and controlling, regularly flying into "jealous" rages culminating with him repeatedly slapping her on 14 October because he felt she had taken too long having a shower, Ms Parkinson said.The pair again broke up but he bombarded her with messages, many threatening and abusive, and repeatedly rang her work place until police were finally informed.
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