A MAN from Holyhead who repeatedly punched his partner to the face and head, and threw her dog across a room after threatening to throw it out of a window, has been spared jail.

Cameron Floy, 22, of Holborn Road, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment, suspended for a year-and-a-half, at Mold Crown Court today (October 8).

He had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sending communications threatening death or serious harm, and one charge each of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.

Prosecuting, Rosemary Proctor told the court that Floy and Holly Jones-Hughes had been in a relationship since September 2022, which had started well but became “dysfunctional” after he was discharged from the Army.

On July 9, Ms Jones-Hughes went to work, leaving Floy in her flat – he later messaged her to tell her the electricity had gone off, and she then informed him it could not be resolved until the next day.

Floy then sent her a “string of abusive messages”, which included references to Ms Jones-Hughes’ deceased parents, threatening to “stab the f*** out of you”, and calling her a “tramp”.

Another argument ensued between them, on September 3, when Ms Jones-Hughes’ friend recorded Floy telling her on the phone: “I’m going to murder you next time I see you, mate.”

Ms Jones-Hughes invited Floy to her flat - by the time he arrived, she was alone – and he accused her of being unfaithful and demanded she tell him the password for her phone.

When she refused, he picked up her dog, held it out of a third-floor window, and said he would drop the dog if she did not give him the password.

Floy did not drop the dog, but did throw it across a room in Ms Jones-Hughes’ flat.

He then followed her into her bedroom, where he shouted at her and punched her to the face, causing her to fall to the floor.

While on the floor, she was punched twice to the left ear by Floy, who then threw her on to a bed and punched her “at least 10 times” to the face and head.

Floy was later arrested, and Ms Jones-Hughes was taken to hospital.

In a statement, she said: “Since Cameron has left my life, I have more freedom. I don’t have to keep watching my back, about where I go or who I’m with.”

Representing himself, Floy, who had one previous conviction for two offences of battery, said: “Since being (remanded) in custody, I’ve been hating myself for my actions.

“I just wish I could take it all back. I feel genuine remorse for what I’ve done.”

Sentencing, Judge Nicola Jones told Floy he had inflicted a “persistent and sustained assault” on a woman who had “stood by you at the worst time in your life”.

Floy will also complete a 35-session programme, which Judge Jones said will “deal with attitudes and beliefs underpinning your behaviour”, and 25 days’ rehabilitation activity.

He is to pay a £187 statutory surcharge.