at 12.55am the following morning, the newlyweds decided to retire to bed and Dawson asked Golightly to help take off her wedding dress.
Instead he attacked her and she thought she was going to die.
?The defendant (Golightly) then tried to undo Ms Dawson?s dress. She received a crochet (to undo the dress with), but the defendant then refused to undo his new wife?s dress,? prosecutor Sarah Traynor told Peterlee Magistrates Court, Sunderland Echo reported.
?The defendant then jumped up from his chair, approached Ms Dawson and pushed her over.
?He then sat on top of her and started punching her with clenched fists. He then got up and left the room. It appears that the defendant then came back to the room.?
Dawson received a cut above her left eye and bruises to her face and chest.
?When I first met Gavin, he was lovely, I couldn?t fault him,? Dawson told the Sunderland Echo.
?He was caring and loving, and when we found we were having baby, we were delighted.
?I fell pregnant after eight months, but almost straight away, Gavin became controlling and manipulative. It was like walking on eggshells.
?When he lashed out at me on my wedding night, I thought I was going to die. I was terrified. He looked like he was going to kill me.?
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