A man who slept with a knife under his pillow broke his girlfriend’s legs because she failed to cook his pasta the way he liked it.

Dorian Wright, 30, has been jailed for a horrific attack on his partner in which he gripped her by the throat, knocked her to the floor and shattered her leg by stamping on it.

He then forced her to continue cooking with the fractured leg despite her groaning in agony.

Dorian Wright has been jailed for two years and three months (Picture: SWNS)

He was jailed for two years and three months after pleading guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour at Northampton Crown Court on Friday.


The court heard the leg fracture was one of a string of attacks he carried out on his girlfriend during their nine month relationship, including once choking her and then holding her face under a running tap in the bath.

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He broke two of her fingers by pushing her down the stairs, he would ‘flick her in the lips’, and there was constant name-calling and criticising the way she dressed on a daily basis, the court heard.



Wright also slept with a knife under his pillow and would often use it to threaten his girlfriend that he would rape her mother and burn her house down.

He even forced her to leave jobs on two occasions because he didn’t like her working there and once threw hot food at her face because the takeaway he had ordered arrived incorrectly.

After one attack in 2016, witnesses told police the victim’s face appeared to be ‘black and purple’ with bruising.

A judge at Northampton Crown and County Court called Wright an ‘unpleasant bully’ (Picture: PA)

Detective Constable James Roe, who led the investigation, said ‘The level of violence and controlling behaviour shown by Wright over a period of just nine months is shocking and disgusting.

‘I want to thank the victim for being brave enough to come forward in what were extremely difficult and traumatising circumstances.

‘Wright poses a significant risk to women and the sentence will keep him off the streets for some time.’

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Even in court, the attacker could be heard tutting as the acts were read out and taunted his victim – who was sat in the public gallery – by calling out her name as he was led to the cells.

Sentencing, Judge Tregilgas-Davey branded Wright an ‘unpleasant bully’ and told him: ‘It is beyond beggar’s belief how you conducted yourself.

‘Your behaviour was shameful.

‘You ensured she was isolated and criticised the way she dressed, stripping her of her confidence. You even threatened to rape her mother.’

He was jailed for his brutal campaign under new laws that came into effect in October that made psychological abuse against a partner illegal.

A psychological report said Wright was ‘unable to control his anger’.

In an impact statement read out in court by prosecutor Jonathan Dunne QC, the victim said: ‘I am still traumatised to this day and often have night terrors.

‘I have had to move out of Northampton. I have been diagnosed with PTSD.

‘I often question how my life ended up here. I have no job and don’t live near my friends or family. I blame him for everything.’

Wright has been given an indefinite restraining order preventing him from ever contacting her again.

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