Man accused of whipping partner with belt and trying to set her hair on fire in row over Xbox

Woman told court former partner sent intimate video of her into a group chat 'to be evil towards me'

Woman told court partner was on the Xbox game a long time and got very angry when she said they should be watching a movie and 'he threatened that he would beat me black and blue'. File picture

A man set fire to his partner’s shoes, whipped her on the neck with a belt, spat at her and then tried to set her hair on fire in a row over his Xbox usage, a court has heard.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett granted the woman a one-year safety order against the man after also being told he texted ‘Oops’ after sending an intimate video of the woman into a group chat.