A 25-year-old human punched his girl inward the facial expression upwardly when she turned downwards his spousal human relationship proposal.
Andrei Pavel had splashed out on an twenty-four hours of the month weep upwardly as well as bunch of flowers to surprise girl Andrea Nagy at her workplace.
But when she rejected him he lost his temper as well as punched her inward the face, knocking her to the ground.
Pavel, who has no previous convictions, was arrested as well as told police describe officers he was upset at beingness rebuffed.
The defendant, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been banned from contacting his victim for a twelvemonth afterwards pleading guilty to laid upwardly on past times beating.
North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Pavel as well as Miss Nagy had been inward an 'intense' human relationship for 3 months as well as had moved inward together earlier hitting a rocky patch.
But Pavel was eager to choke things dorsum on rail as well as arrived unannounced at Miss Nagy's workplace on July 21 to propose.
Prosecutor Ruth Bentley said: 'She described the human relationship every bit intense.
'She moved inward amongst him afterwards 2 months exactly the human relationship broke downwards as well as they separate up.
'Since that fourth dimension he had been contacting her via texts. He did non desire the human relationship to end.
He was trying to choke it dorsum on track, as well as fifty-fifty purchased a weep upwardly as well as asked her to get married him.
'She was handed a banking firm bill at work, which said the accused wanted to utter to her. She met the accused who was waiting exterior amongst a bunch of flowers.'
The courtroom heard Pavel proposed to Miss Nagy exactly she rejected him.
Ms Bentley added: 'He punched her to the face, knocking her to the flooring for a affair of seconds. She was left amongst an injury to her face.’
The courtroom heard Miss Nagy was scared of the accused as well as described him every bit jealous as well as controlling.
Andrew Bennett, mitigating, said it was a unmarried punch as well as that Pavel accepted at that spot was no hereafter inward the relationship.
Magistrates sentenced Pavel to a 12-month community gild amongst a 30-day rehabilitation action requirement as well as 150 hours unpaid work. He was ordered to pay £200 compensation, £135 costs as well as an £85 surcharge.
He was made the dependent champaign of a 12-month restraining gild which prevents him having whatever contact amongst his victim.
Chairman of the bench Philip Taylor said: 'This laid upwardly on was serious. It was inward a domestic violence context. The injuries sustained were significant. You went to her house of work.
'She made it clear to y'all she was non interested inward whatever farther human relationship or union amongst you. It was an unprovoked onset past times you.'
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