Drug-fuelled teen punched cat to death before sinking 8-inch blade into girlfriend in series of attacks

Steven Cornish, 19, viciously killed his partner's cat before forcing her to clean up the aftermath, then abused her in a series of violent attacks, a court heard Cornish stabbed his girlfriend in the leg after killing her cat (Image: media Wales)

A drug-crazed teenage thug stabbed his girlfriend with an eight-inch kitchen knife after viciously punching her cat to death.

Steven Cornish, 19, attacked the cat "out of nowhere" while his girlfriend was sleeping, then forced her to clean up the aftermath. He then stabbed his girlfriend in a separate incident, in a series of violent attacks on her.

A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court heard on Thursday that when the victim was asleep in bed at their home in Cardiff when he unleashed the attack back in May. She was awoken