A man who assaulted his then-girlfriend before then trying to get her to change her statement so he wouldn’t go to prison has been handed a 12-week custodial sentence.
30-year-old Danny Hanna, now of Sea Road in Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to assault by beating and intimidation of a witness/juror when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates in January.
Ann Smout, prosecuting, told the court during the hearing that on 12th July 2022, Hanna and his then-partner were at their flat in Birmingham Road in Cowes, laying in bed.
Hanna had been ignoring his partner all day and when she tried to speak to him about it he kept telling her to ‘shut up’. Frustrated, Hanna, then kicked the woman in the back, pushing her out of the bed and onto the floor below. An argument ensued with Hanna shouting at the woman saying “you’ve done this because you’ve cheated on me haven’t you”.
The 30-year-old then attempted to gain access to the woman’s phone, grabbing her and trying to pin her down to forcibly unlock her phone using her face ID.
Bail conditions were imposed on Hanna, who was told not to contact the woman in question.
Later in the year, on 9th October, the woman was at McDonald’s in Newport ordering on the self-service machine when she noticed Hanna standing on the other side of the restaurant, smiling in her direction. Hanna approached her, before being told that the pair shouldn’t be talking to one another.
As she left the fast-food restaurant she was followed by Hanna who, when he reached her car, said:
“You’ve put me in prison and ruined my life, call the Police and say it didn’t happen”.
The female managed to drive away, despite the efforts of Hanna, reversing out of a parking space with her door open.
Defending, Amy Hosell said that her client was a man of good character and was heavily un-convicted.
After considering the contents of a pre-sentence report, Magistrates handed Hanna a 12-week custodial sentence and made him subject to a 12-month restraining order.
A harsher sentence than sexual offenders and deranged psycho stabbers get!!!
So this guy goes to prison quite rightly so, yet the other month a guy got let off completely for keeping a woman hostage. You aren’t men, you are cowards truly cowards you are, Real men provide for their family and acts the man instead of some little boy who’ got told no, real men love their lover andMen like these are lambs dressed as mutton. The little boys they are. makes me sick to my stomach
What a wimp, hope he gets a slap inside when found out as cowardly woman beater.
is this the bloke that used to work in carphone?
They all like that then or just him?
Yea that the bloke who tried to touch me up
Yes also a former bouncer
What does heavily unconvicted mean?
Should have been a longer sentence. Should have said he identifies as a woman, would have got away with it. Seems if you’re a woman you can stab someone and still get away with it.
Sexist comment. You can get away with anything as a bloke too, so long as you don’t get collared
So he gets a prison sentence yet the duck billed psycho gets nothing for attacking and stabbing a woman in the head with a chisel. Sounds about right for our justice system. Corrupt or what . What a fair society we live in .