{"id":348416,"date":"2025-08-16T06:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/348416\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T06:02:12","slug":"glasgow-thug-smashed-girlfriends-head-off-door-frame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/348416\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow thug smashed girlfriend&#8217;s head off door frame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Michael Kelly, 41, turned on the woman\u00a0at the flat in Glasgow&#8217;s Springburn on August 18 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Enraged Kelly smashed her head off a door frame before he got on top of her and put his hands around her neck.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaA1fJO3rZZZLMMFFK0U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/17467687.png\"\/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly, of the city&#8217;s Royston, repeatedly told his victim during the horror ordeal that he was going to kill her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly pleaded guilty this week\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25209744.glasgow-sheriff-court-news-interviews-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow Sheriff Court<\/a> to assaulting the woman\u00a0to her injury.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The court heard that the pair had been together for two years at the time of the attack.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly had been out drinking heavily that day and went to her home at 2.30am.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Prosecutor Jacky Wall said: &#8220;She asked Kelly to leave due to his intoxicated state, however, he refused.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He began acting belligerently towards her and she asked him to leave again at 3.40am.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Kelly shouted at her that he was going to kill her.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly grabbed his guitar and smashed it against a wall before he turned his attention towards the woman.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Miss Wall added: &#8220;He grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the floor then repeatedly struck her head off the door frame causing a wound to her ear and head.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He dragged her by the wrist and threw her on a bed, got on top of her and placed his hands around her neck\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He shouted that he was going to kill her and asked if she wanted to see her children again.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly then dragged the woman to the bathroom where he rubbed her head forcefully in an attempt to wipe blood.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She made attempts to speak to 999 but was incoherent at the time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Police later attended and found the woman in a &#8220;distressed&#8221; state with blood on her face.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly had fled the scene by this point.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She was taken to hospital where she was found to have suffered injuries to her head and torso.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There was dry blood around her ear and wounds to her neck and elbow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25391224.drug-dealer-52k-coke-avanti-glasgow-train\/?rel=cl_mra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drug dealer had over \u00a352k of coke on him on Avanti Glasgow train<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/news\/25390485.evacuation-woman-threatened-blow-house-playing-sophie-ellis-bextor\/?rel=cl_mra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evacuation after woman threatened to blow up house while playing Sophie Ellis Bextor<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kelly was later traced by officers and stated: &#8220;I smashed my guitar but I didn&#8217;t threaten to kill her, why would I threaten to kill my girlfriend? I love her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I never grabbed her hair and all that.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Iain Fleming who continued Kelly&#8217;s remand in custody meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Kelly, 41, turned on the woman\u00a0at the flat in Glasgow&#8217;s Springburn on August 18 2023. 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