A WOMAN subjected her partner to months of violence, attacking him with a knife and scissors along with spraying bleach in his face, Southampton Crown Court was told.

In what was described as one of the “most grave” cases of domestic violence to come before the court.

Jordan Bull, 20, admitted regularly attacking her partner of four years, with at least one attack being witnessed by their young child.

Prosecutor Simon Edwards said described a catalogue of violence suffered by her partner during the four-year volatile relationship with Bull.

On one occasion in August last year he had was forced to remove a knife from his leg after Bull, 20, of Quilter Close, Southampton, plunged the blade into him during a row.

In his statement her partner said he was trying to shield their daughter from being hurt by her mother.

Mr Edwards said Bull had inundated her partner with calls and texts during that evening, threatening to kill herself if he didn’t come home.

Mr Edwards said: “He described her behaviour as ‘crazy’. She was pacing around with a knife in her hand.”

On two occasions in June and October of last year she sprayed bleach into her partner’s face which caused reddening and discomfort in his eyes, Mr Edwards explained.

Also in June, Bull once again “lost control” during a craft activity with her daughter which resulted in her throwing a pair of scissors at her partner, piercing the skin on his left knee.

In a victim impact statement her partner said explained that he was attacked up to three or four times a week by Bull. Reading from the statement, Mr Edwards said: “I feel damaged now and I don’t know how to repair myself. I cant deal with confrontation; I shut down, now.”

He added that the couple’s daughter had also been affected by her mother’s violent episodes.

Mitigating, Susan Ridge said Bull struggled to control her temper as a result of not coping well with becoming a young mum and the responsibilities of having a relationship.

Sentencing her to 14 months in a young offenders institution and 12 month licence with probation supervision, for admitting four offences of causing actual bodily harm, Judge Peter Henry said the consequences of her actions could have been “potentially catastrophic”.

He said: “This is a very serious case of domestic violence and it is unusual to find that it is the female in the relationship that is quite so abusive. It is one of the most grave domestic violence cases that has come before this court.”