A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four-hour assault has been given an eight-year sentence.

A Scottish man has been jailed for seven years for falsely imprisoning, torturing and threatening to kill his former partner in a four-hour ordeal.

A Scottish man who told the mother of his children that he would slice her “from ear to ear” and scar her for life during a brutal four hour assault has had his sentencing adjourned until Thursday.