Man jailed after spitting at ex-partner and going on rampage
He also punched two men in the face and racially abused a police officer
A man who spat in his ex-partner’s face and went on a rampage in Cambridge has been jailed for more than two years.
Paul Stanford, who's 46, saw the woman in the Station Tavern pub, in Station Square, Cambridge, on 3 February.
Stanford, who was subject to a restraining order preventing him from contacting her, began to argue with her before spitting in her face.
He then left the pub and began lashing out at plant pots.
Stanford walked to a nearby car park and punched a man in the face.
Stanford briefly returned to the pub, before storming off towards a nearby hotel where he pushed cups and glasses off a table.
He then started shouting at another man and also punched him in the face.
The man managed to push Stanford away and restrain him, before security guards from a nearby shop came to assist.
When police arrived Stanford racially abused one of the officers and threatened him.
During the subsequent investigation Stanford’s ex-partner said he had also punched her in the face on 26 December – another breach of his restraining order.
Stanford, of Daniels Close, Willingham, admitted three breaches of a restraining order, assault causing actual bodily harm, five counts of assault by beating, racially aggravated harassment, affray and common assault.
Yesterday (4 May) at Peterborough Crown Court he was jailed for 142 weeks.
If you’re affected by issues raised in this article, there is help available from your local domestic abuse service at www.womensaid.org.uk.