A man strangled his girlfriend for 30 seconds and then punched her in the head as she lay defenceless on the floor, in a horrid act of domestic violence committed over vape liquid.

Nathan Howells, a 20-year-old from Bridgend in Wales , was in a rage because his then-partner had refused to go out and buy him vape fluid, Cardiff Crown Court heard. The victim described her 14-month relationship with Howells as "controlling".

The court heard he would monitor her phone and stop her from using social media. His behaviour reached a terrifying climax on October 29 last year in a shocking episode of domestic abuse at her home.

Prosecutor Kirsten Murphy said Howells had demanded she go to a shop and purchase e-liquid for his vape. When she declined he began hurling items around the room.

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