A traumatised mum who was beaten by her violent ex while her son was sleeping in the house has spoken of her ordeal. But Samuel Johnson, 34, was spared immediate jail despite being found guilty of actual bodily harm - for the third time.
And his victim still suffers flashbacks of the moment warped Johnson strangled her until she lost unconsciousness on the kitchen floor of their home.
Speaking from police protection, the 41-year-old mum told Birmingham Mail: "He came behind me and threw me on the floor. "He picked me up by my throat and suffocated me until I passed out.
I woke up from the kitchen into the living room to him beating up me and my dog. "The dog was trying to protect me, he was punching my head and punching the dog, she was
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