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| A man jailed for 11 years for slitting the throat of his girlfriend "got what he deserved", his victim has said. | A man jailed for 11 years for slitting the throat of his girlfriend "got what he deserved", his victim has said. |
| Care assistant Rachel Shaw, 24, of Stockport, spoke out about the culmination of years of domestic abuse at the hands of Joe Cready, 26. | Care assistant Rachel Shaw, 24, of Stockport, spoke out about the culmination of years of domestic abuse at the hands of Joe Cready, 26. |
| Miss Shaw said Cready became violent within two months of their three-year relationship but she kept going back. | Miss Shaw said Cready became violent within two months of their three-year relationship but she kept going back. |
| Cready, also of Stockport, was jailed on Wednesday at Manchester Crown Court for 11 years. | Cready, also of Stockport, was jailed on Wednesday at Manchester Crown Court for 11 years. |
| Miss Shaw urged other victims of domestic abuse not to go back to their abusive partners. | Miss Shaw urged other victims of domestic abuse not to go back to their abusive partners. |
| "I would tell other women not to believe what they say and don't go back when they say they will change," she said. | "I would tell other women not to believe what they say and don't go back when they say they will change," she said. |
| Miss Shaw said Cready sliced her neck from the back of her left ear almost to her right ear after she told him she was pregnant but wanted to leave him in August 2008. | Miss Shaw said Cready sliced her neck from the back of her left ear almost to her right ear after she told him she was pregnant but wanted to leave him in August 2008. |
| Miss Shaw said Cready was abusive within two months of their relationship | |
| "I still can't feel the side of my face and when I touch my ear I get pins and needles down my neck," said Miss Shaw. "And most of that side of my face has no feeling whatsoever, but I have gone back to work." | |
| The first time Cready turned violent he broke the care assistant's nose and blackened her eyes twice, she said. | The first time Cready turned violent he broke the care assistant's nose and blackened her eyes twice, she said. |
| "My friends and family told me to leave him and two of my friends had been there when he gave me black eyes," she said. | "My friends and family told me to leave him and two of my friends had been there when he gave me black eyes," she said. |
| "And we were at a party when he broke my nose. We did split up a few times but we always got back together." | "And we were at a party when he broke my nose. We did split up a few times but we always got back together." |
| Det Sgt Richard Chapman, of Greater Manchester Police, appealed to abuse victims to come forward. | Det Sgt Richard Chapman, of Greater Manchester Police, appealed to abuse victims to come forward. |
| He said: "Please, do not suffer in silence." | He said: "Please, do not suffer in silence." |