Violent thug who slammed his girlfriend’s fingers in a door in row over household chores walks free and is sent on a relationship course after claiming prison wouldn’t curb his anger issues
- Stephen Field left partner Joanne Beattie with bone fractures and a head wound
- After slamming her hand in a door four times, he told her: ‘Get out, I will kill you’
- When arrested, Field, of Little Hulton, claimed violent outburst was an ‘accident’
- Field, 42, walked free from court and was made to attend a behavioural course
Stephen Field left Joanne Beattie (pictured together) with bone fractures and a head wound in a vicious attack
A brute who broke his girlfriend’s hand by repeatedly slamming a door against her fingers has been sent on a course after claiming prison would not tackle his temper.
Stephen Field, 42, left Joanne Beattie with bone fractures and a head wound in a vicious attack following a row over household chores.
Miss Beattie had been holding on to the door frame to stop her falling over after being shoved by Field, who told her: ‘Get out, I will kill you.’
She fled downstairs but Field caught up with Miss Beattie and slammed her head against a kitchen cupboard.
When he was arrested the thug, of Little Hulton, near Salford, Greater Manchester, dismissed his violent behaviour as an ‘accident’.
In a statement, mother-of-two Miss Beattie said: ‘I can’t understand why he would treat me in this way when he’s supposed to love me.
‘I am not willing to put up with this behaviour and I am worried he has anger issues and I am worried he could assault me in the future.
‘I am worried he could influence my daughter. This is what she has witnessed and she believes this type of behaviour is normal.’
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At Manchester Crown Court, Field admitted to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two charges of criminal damage.
But he walked free from court with a two-year community order after he claimed he had ‘seen the error in his ways’ and needed professional help.
Miss Beattie (left) had been holding on to the door frame to stop her falling over after being shoved by Field (shown outside Manchester Crown Court, right), who told her: ‘I will kill you’
Field will now attend a counselling programme which it is claimed will help him ‘get a better understanding of himself’ and improve his relationships with others.
The court heard the couple are now back together, having first met six years ago and later moving in with her two children aged 15 and 16.
Prosecutor Simone Flynn said: ‘On this particular occasion on July 27 she was at home with Field in the bedroom, and her two children were also in the house.
‘An argument broke out between her and the defendant and she was shoved by the defendant with both hands in the chest area, and she staggered backwards.
‘As she fell backwards she grabbed the door frame. But the defendant grabbed hold of the door and slammed it, which closed on her fingers, three to four times.
‘On the first slam, she screamed and shouted at him. This didn’t stop him and he continued to slam the door and she heard him shout: “Get out, I will kill you”.’
Field was arrested on July 11 but initially denied wrongdoing. He had 65 offences on his criminal record including offences of ABH and robbery with an imitation firearm.
Whilst he was on bail for his attacks upon Miss Beattie he attended her address twice in two days.
At Manchester Crown Court, Field admitted to two charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two charges of criminal damage
On the first occasion he claimed he wanted to pick up some clothes, but a row broke out and he threw her mobile phone at her.
During the second incident he got access to her Miss Beattie’s home and smashed a mug during another argument.
In mitigation, defence lawyer Richard Dawson said: ‘The past is the past, they remain in that relationship and wish for that relationship to continue.
‘He has, at least, some degree of insight into these problems. These underlying issues need to be addressed so they can be tackled.
‘If he was to be sent to custody, that will do little if anything to tackle these underlying issues.
‘He needs constructive help in regards to tackling this domestic and violent behaviour. He does have underlying anger management difficulties.
Field was ordered to complete 25 days of rehabilitation requirement activities, attend a Building Better programme and will complete 100 hours unpaid work.
He was also issued with a restraining order prohibiting him from ‘molesting’ Miss Beattie for a period of five years.
Bosses behind the course says it is ‘designed to promote lifelong changes in behaviours and attitudes which, in the past, have resulted in male service users being convicted of intimate partner violence’.
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