A THUG who strangled a woman has been jailed.

Lee Brandreth, from Runcorn, subjected his victim to a ‘serious assault by strangulation’ and damaged her mobile phone during an incident in Warrington back in June this year.

Warrington Magistrates Court heard that it was not the first time that he had attacked her.

The 31-year-old, of Beaconsfield Road, was found guilty of assault and criminal damage on Friday, October 8, and was locked up for 18 weeks.

He was also handed a three-year restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim or entering her street, as well as being told to pay £200 in compensation.