Steffan Pattie (Image: Lancashire Constabulary)

A man who strangled his pregnant partner and later threatened her with a knife has been jailed for a catalogue of violent abuse. Steffan Pattie, 28, of Fairburn Road, Skelmersdale , was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday (December 8).

The court heard he began a relationship with the victim in December 2020 but gradually became "abusive and violent on more than one occasion", displaying what prosecutors described as "low-level violence within the property". Pattie pleaded guilty to strangulation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, battery and criminal damage.

One incident in 2023 saw Pattie force his pregnant partner to the floor and strangled her with both hands around her neck. After the child was born, the victim als

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