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Caernarfon Crown Court judge spares taxi driver who fractured woman's cheekbone jail

Martin Loader, 42, broke down in tears after Judge Huw Rees gave him a suspended sentence for attacking Rachel Davies

A taxi driver who smashed his girlfriend in the face fracturing her cheekbone wept as he dodged a jail sentence.

Judge Huw Rees, sitting at Caernarfon Crown Court today, told Martin Loader, 42, who had assaulted another partner: “You are not a bad man.

"You are not a violent man but you did something which was completely wrong.”

In the latest assault Loader admitted a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Rachel Davies.

Judge Huw Rees said while a prison term could be justified he would suspend a 10-month sentence for 12 months.

Before sentence was passed the court heard Loader punched Ms Davies, shattering her cheekbone during an incident at their mid Wales home last February.

James Coutts, prosecuting, said the couple argued during the day and when Loader returned later the argument continued.

He said there had been some volatility in the relationship and during the row Ms Davies, 45, had pushed Loader “forcefully” in the chest.

Loader had then punched her once to the face fracturing her cheekbone near the right eye.

“By hitting a woman you degraded yourself,” the judge remarked.

Ms Davies was taken to the local hospital and was subsequently transferred to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital but the injury did not need surgery the court heard.

The judge noted that immediately after delivering the blow Loader had apologised to Ms Davies and continued to apologise in the following days.

When arrested a month later Loader now of School Hill, Bolton but previously of Welshpool, refused to answer police questions.

In addition to his sentence Loader must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and attend rehabilitation sessions organised by the Probation Service.

He was also made the subject of a Restraining Order for five years and ordered to pay £535 costs.

Clare Jones, defending, said Loader had no previous convictions but conceded he had been cautioned for an assault on another partner in 2012.

She said as a result of the latest charge Loader faced his taxi driving licence had been revoked by the local authority.

source: http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w ... s-12705270

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