A violent abuser broke his partner’s ribs during an hour-long beating while he was high on drink and drugs.

Sean Deane, from Dover, also threatened to kill the woman, once with a kitchen knife and again with a razor blade.

The 27-year-old has now been jailed at Canterbury Crown Court for two-years-and-eight-months.

Armed with the razor, Deane made a throat-slitting gesture towards the woman after spitting in her face. He then grabbed a knife.

“The defendant then told her that her children were not going to have a mum,” prosecutor Natasha Hausdorff explained.

“The physical attack lasted about an hour.”

She added that Deane punched the woman all over her body after dragging her between bedrooms and throwing her on a bed.

He also took her phone, likely to prevent her from calling the police, the prosecutor continued.

But his victim eventually managed to escape her home and alert the authorities.

Deane’s victim suffered two suspected fractured ribs and soft tissue damage to the wrist following the assault in September, the court heard.

Following his arrest, Deane claimed he punched her while acting in self-defence, however, he admitted the attack at an early opportunity.

Judge Catherine Brown told him: “You are a violent man who has repeatedly abused partners.”

"I can’t tell you how to live your life, but stay away from men like him..."

The victim had handed the judge a letter in support of Deane, the court heard.

And she watched from the public gallery as her attacker shouted an expletive at Judge Catherine Brown as he was led to the cells.

Turning to the woman, the judge said: “I can’t tell you how to live your life, but stay away from men like him.”

Deane, of Folkestone Road, has 26 previous convictions for 54 offences, including robbery and unlawful wounding.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of making threats to kill and occasioning actual bodily harm.

Prosecutors offered no evidence on a separate charge of arson.

His lawyers argued Deane had since got his ADHD under control and shown "insight”.

“He expresses through me genuine remorse and it is apparent there are signs of developing insight for the reasons behind his offending behaviour,” Phil Rowley said.