A thug who carried out a "horror story" of brutal attacks on his partner in front of children has been jailed for 32 months.
Declan Falconer, 27, repeatedly lashed out at the woman at a property in Glasgow's Balornock between November 2025 and January 2026.
He also put a knife to the woman's face and punched her on the nose, which caused it to bleed.
Callous Falconer later lied to police and claimed that it was he who was the victim.
Falconer pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to being engaged in a course of behaviour which was abusive to his partner or ex-partner.
The case had initially been set for the High Court before it was reduced to a sheriff court matter.
Sheriff Louise Arrol KC said: "I can see why this went to the High Court.
"You have pleaded guilty to a very significant course of conduct.
"A man who behaves towards woman in this horror story is nothing short of cowardly and to top it off, you lied to the police."
The sheriff ordered that Falconer be under supervision for 12 months upon his release from prison.
Falconer was also made subject to a 14-year non-harassment order, which prohibits his contact with his victim.
The court previously heard that the pair were in a relationship for three years, which ended in December 2025.
Prosecutor Danielle McGuinness said: "On one occasion, he grabbed the woman by the throat and pinned her against a wall.
"He squeezed her throat in an attempt to strangle her.
"When he let go, she fell to the floor and was sick."
The woman further recalled a child who was in the property "screaming" at the time.
Later that day, Falconer put a Stanley blade to the crying woman's face and said: "I will f***ing cut you if you don't shut the f*** up."
In another incident, Falconer pushed the woman against a wall and grabbed her throat.
She felt sick rising to her throat before she ran to the bathroom to throw up.
Falconer followed her in and tried to push her in the bath tub.
He later grabbed a knife and said that he would "plug" her.
Falconer seized the woman again by the throat with one hand in a further incident, but she bravely fought him off.
The woman refused to cuddle Falconer on another occasion, which resulted in him threatening to kill her.
She went on to phone 999, and officers later spoke to the child.
The child said: "Declan was hitting her. He pushed her against a wall and I saw him with a knife."
This incident brought an end to their relationship but the pair continued to have contact.
Falconer dragged the woman around the room and choked her in December 2025.
The attack was overheard by the woman's mother, who was on a phone call to her at the time.
Falconer shouted to her mother: "It's got nothing to do with you, you old cow, I will get you done in."
Miss McGuinness said: "The call disconnected and Falconer punched her on the face on the bridge of her nose.
"A cracking sound was heard. Falconer told her that he did not mean it and dabbed the blood on her nose with his clothing."
Falconer then grabbed an axe and the woman fled the property with a child.
Police were contacted and when officers arrived, they saw Falconer at the window of the property.
The woman had concerns as there was a child still inside.
Falconer presented himself to police officers and was arrested, then quizzed.
He said: "She is covering her own a***. I have never laid a hand on her. I want to counter charge her."
It was heard that the woman had suffered bruising and did not go out with friends as they would see her injuries.
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