Liang Wenbo dragged, punched and kicked a woman in a 'domestic-related' assault in Sheffield
A professional snooker player was caught on CCTV hitting and kicking a woman in a "sustained" attack.Liang Wenbo was fined £1,380 and given a 12-month community order for the "domestic-related assault", the Crown Prosecution Service [CPS] said.
CCTV from the attack on July showed him drag her to the floor and carry on assaulting her despite a man trying to intervene.A woman raised the alarm by calling 999 as she screamed in distress. Jonathan Wettreich, deputy chief Crown prosecutor, CPS Yorkshire and Humberside, said: "Wenbo perpetrated a sustained and deliberate assault on the female victim, late at night, leaving her in great distress."This was an evidence-led prosecution. We will always pursue domestic abuse cases where our legal tests are met.
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