Abusive Barnsley man smashed glass over own face in New Year's Eve rampage partner's children could hear
“I wasn’t the only victim that day, my children were too”
An abusive man smashed a glass over his own face before proceeding to beat his partner in a New Year’s Eve attack she will “never forget.”
Brendan Moore had only been dating his girlfriend - who The Star has chosen not to name - for a few months when the attack took place, Sheffield Crown Court heard at a hearing on Wednesday (July 15).
The pair had known each other for a long time, but prosecuting barrister Alice Ibbotson said their romantic relationship was “chaotic” - with 34-year-old Moore regularly accusing his partner of infidelity.
However things escalated on New Year’s Eve 2024, as while Moore’s victim’s children were in bed upstairs he began his tirade.
“He suddenly picked up a glass and smashed it over the side of his own head,” the prosecution explained.
“He told [the victim] ‘I’ll tell everyone you did that to me’.”
The argument started because Moore had accused his partner of flirting with members of his family, it was said in court.
Moore, of Swaithedale in Barnsley, proceeded to push her into the oven and the court heard how he repeatedly punched her in the face.
The victim described "fighting for her life,” Ms Ibbotson added, swinging her arms while trying to get away.
The prosecuting barrister went on to explain that the victim had suffered a concussion, as well as extensive damage to her nose, cheeks and sinuses which she continues to need support with.
“The first of January 2025 is a day I will never forget,” the victim said in a statement read out by Ms Ibbotson.
“The day I was made a victim of domestic violence at the hands of Brendan Moore.”
The statement went on to say: “I wasn’t the only victim that day, my children were too.
“We have had to move house - my children have had to move school.”
It described how the children had suffered with nightmares and anxiety due to the traumatic attack.
The victim concluded her statement by saying that Moore’s sentencing will help her “finally get some closure and begin to heal properly.”
Despite initially denying the offence, Moore pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm ahead of a trial.
Moore’s representative, Vanessa Saxton, told Judge Michael Slater that over the past 18 months her client had been working to “challenge his own behaviour” and improve himself.
She argued that a suspended sentence would allow him to continue “bringing himself to a better place.”
The judge ultimately agreed with this point adding that immediate custody would limit his access to properly and professionally address his issues.
“That means you could serve a term of imprisonment being released back to the community back to square one,” he continued.
He went on to describe the attack as “shocking and frightening,” especially for the children who were “upstairs and able to hear what was happening to their mother below.”
Moore was sentenced to 32 months, suspended for three years.
He will also have to complete 26 rehabilitation sessions and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
A restraining order prohibiting him from contacting his victim was put in place for three years.
“Make sure you take advantage of what I regard as the opportunity you have been afforded,” Judge Slater concluded.