Man jailed after attacking partner in a Cambridge house

A man who attacked his partner in a vicious assault in front of her young son, has been jailed for more than two years.

Daniel Oxford, 29, launched a drunken and sustained attack on the victim at a property in Minerva Way, Cambridge while her distraught eight-year-old son looked on.

Mr Oxford carried out the assault after having an argument with one of his partner’s female friends. When the friend had left, Oxford began shouting abuse at the victim who retreated to her bedroom to try to calm the situation.

But he followed her, drinking vodka, continuing the abuse and spitting at her. As she tried to turn away, Oxford punched her in the head several times.

He left the room and the victim frantically texted another friend, asking him to call the police, before comforting her son who had been woken by the noise.

However, Oxford returned, still drinking vodka, and proceeded to punch and spit in her face and threaten to “hit” her son if he didn’t ‘shut up crying’..

Oxford then dragged her by the hair and kicked and punched her multiple times to the head and body and was only stopped when a neighbour heard her cries, entered the flat and pulled him away. The victim was taken to hospital and has now made a full recovery.

Oxford, of Poplar Avenue, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning ABH and assault by beating, and was sentenced to 28 months imprisonment with an indefinite restraining order at Cambridge Crown Court on September 27.

DC Ciaron Hickey, who investigated, said: “There was absolutely no excuse for Oxford’s violent and cowardly behaviour.

“His partner was defenceless and he showed a callous disregard for the welfare of her young son who was clearly shocked and upset.

“The victim’s courage allowed us to arrive and protect her and her child as soon as we could.”