A VIOLENT thug with a history of attacking women broke a woman's nose after angrily punching her during a confrontation.
She was left drifting in and out of consciousness and later needed an operation to repair her damaged nose, a court heard.
He had been repeatedly taunting and insulting her during a series of earlier problems between them, the court was told. Christian Madsen, 33, of Cooper Road, Grimsby, admitted assaulting Molly Webb, causing actual bodily harm, on November 11. Edward Bindloss, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Miss Webb was with friends in a club in the early hours when Madsen kept pointing at her, branded her a flirt and claimed she was a "slag".
She tried to ignore him but, after she left with others to go to a house in Grimsby, he tagged along with the group and made more comments about her.
She asked him: "What's your problem?" and told him to leave her alone.
Madsen claimed Miss Webb threw a glass towards him, which missed, and that he punched her once. He pleaded guilty on the basis that he landed only one blow, even though serious injuries were caused. The prosecution could not prove otherwise, said Mr Bindloss.
"She was in and out of consciousness because of the blow," he said.
Miss Blow as taken to hospital and a cut above her eye was glued. She had a swollen and blackened eye.
Her nose was broken and she needed an operation to rectify it.
Madsen had convictions for wounding in 1999, when he knocked a man to the ground and punched and dragged him, and in 2001, when he hit a female in the face during a drunken argument, causing a wound that needed 16 stitches.
He also had a conviction for wounding and affray in 2008 when he got into an argument with a man at a taxi rank. The man's wife intervened and he punched her several times.
Andrew Bailey, mitigating, said it was five years since Madsen had been convicted of a violent offence.
There seemed to be a pattern where Madsen reacted to situations, rather than starting them, said Mr Bailey.
Judge Peter Clark told the court: "It's a bad record of getting involved in fights. He's hit a woman before and now he's hit another woman."
He told Madsen: "You are a big man. You swung a single blow because this woman threw a glass at you."
Unemployed Madsen, who has an 11-year-old child and three-year-old twins to look after, was given a 36-week suspended prison sentence, a one-year supervision order, 120 hours' unpaid work and a four-month 7pm to 7am curfew to stop him "going out on the razzle".
He must also pay a Government-imposed £80 victims' surcharge.
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