A window cleaner who "locked eyes" with the Southport attacker as he ran to help stab victims has been hauled before a court.

Joel Verite launched an attack on his pregnant partner after being cropped out of a picture.

The 27-year-old was previously hailed a hero when he rushed to help the victims of knifeman Axel Rudakubana.

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However Verite - who was said to be suffering from PTSD in the wake of the tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of three young girls - has now been sentenced for assaulted his partner in the presence of his baby daughter.

Liverpool Magistrates' Court was told that Verite had been in an "on-off relationship for one year" with his victim.

The couple had got into an argument on October 18

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