Brute strangled woman overnight then punched her in the face the next morning

Javed Robinson has been jailed

A coked-up brute strangled a woman after staying over at her home.

Javed Robinson, 35, has been jailed for 13 months after admitting the assault on the woman he had been casually seeing for a number of years. Prosecutor Zanisha Herbert told Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday, October 14, that Robinson had stayed over at the woman's home before attacking her.

She told the court: "The defendant and complainant had been having a casual sexual relationship for a number of years. On the 27th of July 2026, he attended at her home address at around 11pm and stayed over night.

"She recalled at some point he grabbed her by the neck and strangled her. She had reddening to her neck.

"The next morning, at around 8am, the couple had both used cocaine and he became irate. She recalled he hit her to the face with a closed fist."

The woman suffered a cut lip which was bleeding and told Robinson, of no fixed abode, to leave, which he did. She retreated to a neighbour's home and the police were called.

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Robinson was arrested in the Hunslet area that same day.

Ms Herbert said: "In interview, he answered 'no comment' save to state he denied the offences and the complainant was prone to lying."

Robinson, the court heard, had previous offences on his record for assault and battery.

Mitigating, Kristina Goodwin told the court Robinson had admitted assault at a plea, trial and preparation hearing. She said: "He has acknowledged to me and in the report that he has issues with alcohol and drugs and accepts the authors findings of his aggression and issues with violence.

"He accepts he needs help with attitude-targeted work. I must say he expressed through me today...It is a striking difference to the man who committed these offences.

"I asked him about the drug treatment programme and he found the appointment relatively overwhelming in a short space of time but has confirmed he would engage when offered and he has engaged with the alcohol treatment in the prison establishment. He tells me he is close to his mum and sister and that is a protective factor for him.

"He intends to seek employment upon release and wishes to get back to work as a protective factor."

His Honour Judge Ray Singh told Robinson as he jailed him for 13 months: "Because of previous violence to females, there is really no realistic prospect of rehabilitation in this case and any other factors that would allow me to suspend the sentence don't apply."

Robinson was also made the subject of a five-year restraining order, prohibiting him from contacting the victim in the case.