Man who scared girlfriend so much she fell through first floor window while escaping is jailed
Curtis Peachment, 28, was found guilty of false imprisonment at a hearing last month
Updated 14:29, 5 JAN 2022
Curtis Peachment, 28, of Bowen Square, in Daventry has been sentenced to 28 month in prison (Image: Northamptonshire Police)
A violent thug whose outburst saw a woman fall through a first-floor window, fracturing her spine, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison.
Curtis Peachment, 28, of Bowen Square, in Daventry, was given the sentence today, Monday, July 14 after being found guilty of false imprisonment and pleading guilty to harassment at Northampton Crown Court last month.
His now ex-partner plunged from the first-floor bathroom window of his property in Daventry - a drop of some distance - as she tried to climb out.
The court heard how Peachment was getting ready for a night out in February 2019 when he took issue with what his then-partner was wearing.
Jurors were told that he made her feel so uncomfortable that their evening at the local bar was then cut short.
They arrived at his house just after midnight, and he immediately began berating her one again for her clothing choices.
She then put on her shoes to leave the house, jurors were told.
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The court heard that it was at this point that Peachment lost his temper, pulling her shoes off and throwing them across the room, telling her she was not allowed to go.
He started pushing and hitting her before the frightened young woman persuaded him to let her go to the bathroom.
When she locked the door, however, Peachment became angry once again and tried to break in, the jury heard.
Bowen Square in Daventry, where the incident happened. The flats are towards the back of the shopping square (Image: Google)
This put the woman in such distress that she climbed out of the first-floor bathroom window, falling onto the ground below, the court was told.
As a result of the fall and Peachment's attack, the woman suffered a fractured vertebrae, a cut to the back of her head, bruising to her eye and a swollen lip.
Despite screaming at him not to touch her, Peachment then picked her up and took her back into the house before locking the door. An ambulance was called a short time later.
At a hearing at the court today, June 14, judge Rupert Mayo said that he was "arrogant" and thought anything that happened to him was "everybody else's fault".
The judge said that while speaking to the probation service, Peachment said he would "rather go to prison" than take responsibility for the crime.
Judge Mayo later obliged him.
He said: "You had no remorse for the impact you had on the victim. You said that she was not the victim - that you were the victim."
As the sentence was handed down, Peachment could be heard shouting "I am innocent" in the courtroom before being taken away.