This is the face of a man now serving two years for controlling behaviour.

Karl Doman, 39, of Boxhill Road, Abingdon, was in front of Oxford Crown Court last week to stand trial for domestic abuse allegations.

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But he pleaded guilty before the jury could be sworn-in to the charge of controlling and coercive behaviour.

Charges laid at the magistrates’ court had seen Doman accused of restricting his victim’s movements, ‘removing items’ and controlling her relationships over the first three months of this year.

On Monday, Recorder Benjamin Williams KC sent him down for two years.