A jealous ex-partner has been jailed after his former girlfriend broke her heels when she jumped from his clutches through a first-floor window.
Damian Ward was responsible for inflicting grievous bodily harm – because the woman was escaping from him at the time she was injured.
She was seen to fall past the living room window by her sister and two-year-old child, landing in agony.
Judge James Sampson locked up Ward, 25, of Amesbury Circus, Aspley, on Monday for 18 months after admitting causing GBH.
The court heard he had turned up uninvited at his former partner's home on October 9 and pushed his way past her as she opened the door to put out rubbish.
"You were obviously in some sort of jealous rage," Judge Sampson told him.
"You threatened to bleach clothing and pushed her sister in her chest and face."
Ward wanted to examine his ex-partner's mobile phone because he was suspicious of her, the court was told.
"In fact, it was none of your business what she was doing in respect of her phone," the judge told Ward.
"You terrified her. You wanted her to get her phone. There was an element of control here. She locked herself in the bathroom in order to escape you.
"You kicked the door down. That caused her to jump from a first-floor window, causing fractures to both heels, and that has left her wheelchair bound and unable to walk.
"I accept you did not intend such severe injuries but injuries were caused and they have caused her considerable loss of amenity."
Dawn Pritchard, prosecuting, said the woman, who also has a five-year-old, cannot take her children to school or drive and has had to use a wheelchair and crutches.
A doctor described her injuries as "severe", requiring surgery and physiotherapy.
Ward told police when arrested: "I didn't mean for this to happen. All I wanted was to look at her phone."
He was given one-month concurrent sentences after he entered guilty pleas to causing criminal damage to his ex-partner's toilet door and assaulting her sister.
Andrew Wesley, mitigating, said Ward did not know whether there was a future for the relationship.
"He accepted that, in principle, it was his behaviour that caused her to jump and he was responsible. His deepest regret is how he has let his family down."
