Serial abuser jailed for waterboarding partner in Glasgow

A man who waterboarded his partner while she watched an episode of Friends has been jailed for 50 months.

Scott O'Sullivan tried to drown the woman by putting a towel over her face and pouring water on it.

A court heard how O'Sullivan targeted his partner during a six-year campaign of abuse.

The 40-year-old was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court of assaulting the woman to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

O'Sullivan, from Drumchapel, also slammed the woman's face into a mirror and stabbed her hand with a knife.

The offences took place between 2004 and 2010 at properties in the city.

He was also convicted of assaulting another woman between August 2012 and May 2014.

Sheriff Patrick Hughes imposed a five-year extended sentence where O'Sullivan will be under supervision upon his release from prison.

He said: "Both charges you were convicted of are of an extreme and serious nature.

"A troubling aspect is asphyxiation which is viewed seriously by the courts."

The court was told that the waterboard incident was in 2004 or 2005 while the woman sat on the couch watching an episode of Friends.

The woman told police in a statement: "He came up behind me with a wet towel and put it on my face from behind then pulled my head back.

"He then started pouring a bottle of water over my face trying to drown me.

"I couldn't catch my breath, I thought I was ready for passing out."

O'Sullivan was also given a 10-year non-harassment order forbidding him from contacting both women.