Overview
- Sowerby, convicted at Teesside Crown Court on Monday, received five years and six months in prison and an indefinite restraining order.
- Prosecutors said he attacked his partner at the Cocketts Hotel in Hawes in August 2021 by pushing her down, sitting on her, and punching and kicking her until she escaped by biting his finger.
- The woman suffered bleeding on the brain and still has seizures, cannot return to her hospitality career, and has moved away from the community she loved.
- After the attack he left the UK for Thailand to start a business, leaving her to sell their UK businesses and cover debts he left behind.
- Police said the case was listed for trial four times with three adjournments that frustrated witnesses, and his lawyer said he will appeal the verdict.