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An abuser has been jailed for 16 years after he subjected a woman to months of physical assaults, controlling behaviour and repeatedly threatening to kill her.
Benjamin Levy slammed her head into a door frame, threw her into a radiator and struck her with a gym weight during months of physical and mental violence.
The 36-year-old from Brierley Hill carried out a sustained catalogue of offences, including sexual violence.
But the woman he was abusing was able to tell us what he was doing and our investigators put together a case which when it was presented at court last week saw Levy jailed for 16 years.
Levy was charged with more than 15 offences including controlling and coercive behaviour, assault, threats to kill, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without their consent and sending a threatening message.
Levy, of Lower Derry Street, denied the charges both in police interview and during early court hearings but later changed his plea to guilty.
As well as the jail term, which also includes a further five years to be served on licence, the judge at Wolverhampton Crown Court last Thursday (9 January) also ordered Levy remain on the sex offender register for life.
