Newcastle-under-Lyme man jailed after assaulting ex-partner and stealing her car
Sam Newbrook has been jailed for over four years
A man from Newcastle-under-Lyme has been jailed after assaulting his ex-partner and driving off in her car in Burntwood.
Sam Newbrook, 25, has been jailed for four-years-and-two-months after admitting robbery, assault by beating, harassment without violence, taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and driving a motor vehicle while disqualified.
Stafford Crown Court heard Newbrook turned up at a pub where the victim was in September last year and struck her on the head with his palm.
After she left the pub and went elsewhere, he followed her and she agreed to drive him home.
The woman stopped the car after Newbrook became irate.
When they both got out of the car, Newbrook pulled her to the ground, took her car keys and drove off.
Officers later spotted the car near the Bowling Green roundabout in Lichfield, but Newbrook failed to stop.
The vehicle was later abandoned in Burntwood.
Newbrook was arrested at the woman's address.
He was also handed a seven-year restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim.