A man who told his partner her dinner "looked like sh*t", before assaulting her and stabbing her in the leg, has been jailed.

Michael Oldfield, 34, and formerly of Flint , appeared via video link at Mold Crown Court for sentencing after admitting charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and unlawful wounding.

He had grabbed and punched Katie Marie Jones at her home in Cae Petit, Flint, in November of last year before stabbing her after he had been drinking. The court heard he had also attacked her before on holiday in a hotel room but she didn't report it to police.

Prosecutor Paulinus Barnes told the court the accused had originally pleaded not guilty but later changed his plea.


On November fourth Oldfield had been drinking and Miss Jones was making him a meal. The accused said he "didn't want to eat it".

He added: "It looks like sh*t. I will stab you with my fork you fat c***."

Oldfield put his arm around her neck, before following her into the kitchen and punching her several times to the face. He then followed her to her bedroom after taking a knife and stabbed her in the leg.

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Judge Rhys Rowlands said there were a number of aggravating features to the case.

He said: "Both assaults were on a vulnerable individual and both were cases of domestic violence. You caused an injury to her leg, against the background of a fairly bad record."

The court heard he had convictions for actual bodily harm, common assault, harassment and threatening someone with a blade.


Judge Rowlands said: "This has had a bad effect on the victim. It's accepted that both these offences are so serious as to justify a custodial sentence."

He sentenced Oldfield to two years for the stabbing and four months for the assault, with the sentences to run consecutively.

He was also made the subject of a five-year restraining order barring him from any contact with Miss Jones or going within a certain distance of her address.