A MAN fractured his girlfriend’s eye socket after beating her unconscious during a ‘brutal’ attack, a court heard.

Brandon Fisher, 25, beat the woman in her own home and pulled back her fingers when she tried to call the police.

Prosecutor, Gary Venturi, told Bournemouth Crown Court that on November 1, 2023, Fisher asked the woman to retrieve an item from his car but continuously locked the vehicle when she tried to do so.

She threw the keys in retaliation and in response the defendant kicked her “full force” in the groin then punched her straight in the nose.

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He hit her so hard it knocked the woman unconscious and as soon as she came around, he punched her again in the mouth.  

The relationship continued, which Judge Susan Evans KC commented was “very common” in domestic violence cases.

In February this year Mr Venturi said the defendant was being verbally abusive, so the woman told him he was not allowed to come to her house anymore.

However, on February 26 at around 10.15pm she said he turned up intoxicated, took his shirt off, and acted intimidatingly towards her.

The woman went upstairs, not realising Fisher had followed her, before he struck her numerous times from behind.

She said he delivered around 15 blows, but he argues against this.

The woman tried to reach for her phone to call the police but the defendant bent her fingers back to stop her.

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Fisher fractured her eye socket and left the woman with a black eye, with her later adding that she thought she was going to die.

She said in victim impact statement that the defendant’s actions have left a “huge impact” on her and her family.

She said the pair began their relationship at a time when she was vulnerable from the death of her previous partner and escaping a previous abusive relationship.

“Brandon came along as a protector,” she said.

Following the attacks, the woman said she has suffered from hair loss due to stress and still has a sunken eye socket.

“I find it difficult to trust and now think that everyone is an abuser.”

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Mitigating, Richard Tutt, said it was not a healthy relationship, which came from both sides.

He said Fisher worked long hours at his job and that his absence may have led to the deterioration of their relationship.

Mr Tutt added that the defendant is still coming to terms with his offences but does feel ashamed and guilty.

After being in custody since March, Mr Tutt said that prison has been a “sobering experience” for Fisher.

Judge Evans said it was a “brutal attack on a woman in her own home” and that the victim was particularly vulnerable due to the physical power imbalance between the pair.

Fisher, 25 and of Shore Avenue in Upton, was jailed for two years and two months for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and wounding without intent.

He was also handed a restraining order to stay at least 200 metres away from the woman’s home address.

Following his sentencing, the victim has shared images of her injuries in hopes that it does not happen to anyone else. 

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