A man who subjected his partner to a brutal beating has been told by a judge that her does not know how to treat women. Jamie Rogers beat his then-partner black and blue after losing his temper during a break at a west Wales caravan park.
Swansea Crown Court heard that at the time of the attack the defendant was subject to a suspended sentence for assaulting a previous partner. Speaking to Walesonline the victim of the caravan attack said she thought she was going to die at Rogers’ hands.
Ryan Bowen, prosecuting, told the court that the the assault happened in April 2023 when Rogers and his then-partner were staying at the Quay West holiday park in New Quay in Ceredigon. He said on April 20 the couple went to the clubhouse at the site where they both consumed alcohol. He said that the atmosphere between them was initially “pleasant and without difficulties”. The court heard that the defendant began offering children money to play on the games machines in the establishment, something which led parents to challenge him and ask him why he was giving the youngsters cash. This intervention angered 28-year-old Rogers and started shouting and swearing, leading to security staff at the clubhouse ejecting him.
The court heard that once outside Rogers started verbally abusing his partner calling her a “hanging f****** greasy slag” before twice picking her up and throwing her to the ground causing bruising and swelling to her face and body. The woman was escorted back to the couple’s caravan by security staff and after the defendant appeared to have calmed down he was allowed inside the mobile home. However, the prosecutor said shortly after security staff left the caravan Rogers’ demeanour changed and, in his partner’s words, “he went for me”.
The court heard Rogers grabbed the victim by her arms and shouted that she was “taking his child from him” before pushing her around and punching her repeatedly to the mouth, jaw, and left eye, blows which caused her to lose consciousness. When the woman came around Rogers was on top of her. The court heard the woman managed to get free but the defendant then threw a table at her and made threatening comments, telling her she had better “watch out what happens” to her. The couple left the caravan park the following morning. The court heard Rogers subsequently sent the woman messages in which he said he was “devastated” and said the incident wouldn’t have happened if he had not been drinking shots.
The prosecutor said Rogers was arrested on June 7 and interviewed the following day where he provided a prepared statement in which he denied “at any point” assaulting his partner and said she had pushed him during an argument and he had then pushed her back in self-defence.
Jamie Rogers, of Cwm Cadle, Portmead, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty on the day of trial to assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) when he returned to the dock for sentencing. He has six previous convictions for nine offences including assault by beating, robbery and ABH from January 2023. The court heard the previous ABH was “domestic in nature” and involved Rogers kicking a former partner. He was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison suspended for two years for that matter and was subject to that suspended sentence at the time of the New Quay assault.
Kate Williams, for Rogers, said the defendant had been unable to start the building better relationships course which a court had ordered as part of his previously imposed sentence, and said her client was motivated to address his issues with alcohol. She added that Rogers felt “very disappointed to have let his daughter down”.
Judge Huw Rees told Rogers that on the night in question he had drunk far too much alcohol and lost his temper, and had then twice assaulted his partner – once outside the holiday park clubhouse and once in the couple’s caravan. He said the woman must have been “scarred witness” to be assaulted in the close confines of the caravan. Judge Rees told Rogers that by assaulting his partner he had demeaned her as a woman, and he noted she was not the first partner he had had assaulted. He told Rogers: “I readily come to the conclusion that you do not know how to treat a woman, certainly when you are in drink”.
With a 10% discount for his guilty plea Rogers was sentenced to 24 months in prison for the New Quay assault and the judge activated six months of the previously imposed suspended sentence to run consecutively making an overall sentence of 30 months in prison. The defendant will serve up to half the 30 months in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. The defendant was also made the subject of a seven-year restraining order banning him from contacting his victim.
Speaking after the sentencing the woman – who wishes her name not to be made public – said her relationship with Rogers had been characterised by violence, and she had been petrified of the harm he could cause her. She said: “I genuinely believe that I was going to die that day. The impact of that is unexplainable and I don’t think it’s been fully explained in the court. I was purple from head to toe, black eye, swollen face and body. People need to realise how bad it was and to stay away from him completely because the next girl is not gonna be as lucky as I was.”
The woman added that she would urge any woman who has concerns about a partner to take advantage of the so-called Clare’s Law which allows people to get details from the police of a person’s history of domestic abuse.
If you, a family member, or a friend have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence, you can contact the Live Fear Free helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for free advice and support, or to talk through your options. Call 0808 80 10 800, text 0786 007 7333, email info@livefearfreehelpline.wales or go to gov.wales/live-fear-free
Live Fear Free (funded by Welsh Government and run by Welsh Women’s Aid) is a confidential service. Calls to 0808 80 numbers are free to call from landlines and mobile phones in the UK. They do not appear on itemised bills. The helpline provides support in English and Welsh, and access to an interpreter for callers with language support needs.
The Refuge charity also provides information, support and practical help 24 hours a day to women experiencing domestic violence. The service can refer women and children to refuges throughout the UK to help them escape domestic abuse. Refuge can be called on 0808 808 9999.
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