A DRUNK with a broken leg, who beat his girlfriend with a crutch, has been jailed.
Leo Geraghty, 45, was already on police bail after assaulting his part-ner Tania Wilson and breaking her ribs. But Ms Wilson took pity on the father-of-two after learn-ing he had been injured.
Liverpool Crown Court heard when she arrived at his house to care for him he was aggressive after losing £175 in a taxi.
Graham Pickavance, prosecuting, said the drug addict began to savagely attack Ms Wilson with the crutch – causing cuts and bruising to her leg.
Judge Nigel Gilmour, QC, said: “It is an act of cowardice and brutality for a man to attack a woman, particularly one you must have claimed to have some feelings for.”
He jailed Geraghty for 23 months and imposed a three-year restraining order banning him from going near Ms Wilson.
Geraghty, of Gilroy Road, Everton, admitted two assaults on the day his trial was due to start.
