Women given 'very, very big warning' about this thug by York's top judge
Any woman getting involved with Jamie Suttle, pictured, should ask police about his domestic abuse background, the Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, says (Image: North Yorkshire Police)
A serial woman beater who got his girlfriend pregnant against her wishes then punched her in the stomach has been jailed.
The Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, gave a “very, very big warning” to every woman about Jamie Suttle, 34, who had reduced his latest victim to a “shell of herself”.
Prosecution barrister Emma Handley told him how Suttle had dictated every aspect of the woman's life. She said this included who she could train at her workplace, who she could talk to, what she could wear - including making her wear warmer clothes during this summer's high temperatures - tracking her movements and making her so terrified of him she now has constant panic attacks, cannot sleep and is always looking over her shoulder even though she knows he is in prison.
He had thrown her over a sofa while strangling her so that she could not breathe and then said “he was quite impressed he had managed to take her up in one hand and throw her,” said the barrister.
On another occasion when he hit her so hard in the face the force bent her backwards and she got a black eye, he told her: “At least you now know you can take a punch."
He had removed her contraceptive patch when she didn't want children and after she became pregnant, punched her in the stomach.
Friends, work colleagues and neighbours had all noticed how she had changed after forming the relationship with him.
Suttle has previous convictions for domestic abuse against other women and has breached court orders banning him from contacting previous victims.
In a personal statement, the woman said: “I worry about what could happen when Jamie Suttle is released from prison.”
She said during the relationship, Suttle had made threats about what he would do if she ended it.
The judge said the woman had been subjected to “appalling coercive behaviour”.
Suttle was a "classic woman beater" and will abuse other women in future.
He said: “I am making a very, very big warning.
"Any women that gets involved with you should check Clare’s Law.
"You need to have a good hard think about whether you actually like women.”
Under Clare’s Law women can ask police to disclose the domestic abuse background of their partner.
Clare's Law enables women to ask police about their partner's domestic abuse background. (Image: Shutterstock)
The judge told Suttle: “The impact (on the latest victim) has been life-changing and terrible.”
Suttle, of Dixon Gardens, Selby, pleaded guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour, strangulation, assault causing actual bodily harm and assault, all committed between May 20 and August 3 this year.
He was jailed at York Crown Court for four years and four months and given a 10-year restraining order protecting the woman from him.
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Defence barrister Eddison Flint said Suttle’s behaviour was caused by the drink and drugs he had taken for years.
The 34-year-old had stayed out of trouble for eight years since 2018 and enjoyed his job as a binman which he would lose if he was jailed.
He was also seeking counselling over the stillborn death of his child by another woman in 2019 and wanted to live a law-abiding life.
“He doesn't want to be in a position to cause anyone else harm,” said the defence barrister.