Perry Goodall had only been in a relationship with the woman for just three days when they both went out drinking in Norwich.

The city's crown court heard they then returned to a hotel in the Riverside Road area where the 45-year-old, who had taken "substantial quantities" of drugs as well as alcohol, started to shout at her and call her a "whore".

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Newsquest)

Samantha Lowther, prosecuting, said Goodall - who has 47 convictions for 90 previous offences - began punching the woman and grabbed her around the throat........

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