A 20-year-old man was sentenced to nine months in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend after a breakup but was released immediately due to time served.

A 20-year-old man from Blurton, Layton Bowman, was sentenced to nine months in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend after their breakup but was released immediately due to time served. He pleaded guilty to assault, resisting arrest, criminal damage, and drug possession after breaking into her friend’s home, shoving his thumbs into her eyes, threatening her with a knife, and attempting to strangle her. He later spat at police and urinated in his cell while in custody. The court heard the victim suffered no visible injuries but was deeply traumatized. The judge condemned the violence as cowardly and emphasized the need for change, noting Bowman had shown remorse and had a job opportunity.