A WOMAN feared she was going to be killed when she was subjected to a brutal attack by her ex.

A court heard how Allan Daniel Williams, 31, punched her repeatedly through the car window before pulling her out by the hair.

She had arrived home and Williams, who had trashed her bedroom, was waiting for her.

At one stage he dragged her out of the vehicle, spat at her and then while on the ground he kicked her, including kicks to the head.

Williams, of Cae Gwilym Lane in Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, who was in a rage, got her back into the vehicle and told her to drive – saying they would go over a cliff.

She drove towards her house and again he spat at her, shouted at her and grabbed her by the hair again – but ran off when he realised neighbours had alerted police.

Mold Crown Court was told the victim believed that if the police had not arrived then she would have been killed.

She had ended up in a refuge and suffered injuries including a broken jaw and loose teeth.

While awaiting trial Williams contacted her via Facebook and warned her that his lawyer would embarrass her in the witness stand.

He told her: “Trust me, you are making a fool of yourself.”

Williams had denied causing grievous bodily harm and criminal damage following the incident on November 15 and a trial was due to be held.

But in court yesterday he changed his pleas to guilty and was jailed for two-and-a-half years. A five year restraining order was also made.

The judge, Mr Recorder Gregg Bull QC, said Williams damaged her bedroom, lay in wait for her and was still “in a vile temper” when she arrived.

He attacked her with a number of blows upon her while she sat in her car, punched and kicked her on the floor and spat at her.

Williams put her back in the vehicle, pulled her out again and the attack continued.

“This was a disgraceful and prolonged attack on a woman unable to defend herself,” the judge said.

“She sustained significant if not life-changing injuries and she needed many weeks to recover.”

Williams had previous convictions for assaulting her and her mother but that had not deterred him, the judge said.

Barrister Brett Williamson, prosecuting, said she was driving back to her Ruabon home having dropped her children off and ignored a text from Williams asking where she was.

He was waiting for her, she could not get out of the car and he grabbed her hair through the open window and tried to pull her out of the vehicle.

Williams punched her repeatedly to the face, perhaps as many as 15 times, while she was effectively trapped inside the vehicle.

He managed to get her out, put her to the ground and spat on her many times and he kicked her about her body and head.

Williams managed to get her back into the driving seat and said words to the effect of “we are going to drive this thing off a cliff”.

She was fearful as he started to hit her again and drove up to the house with him in the passenger seat.

But he spat and shouted at her, and began to grab her by the hair again – and ran off when he realised the police were on their way.

Fortunately neighbours had raised the alarm.

One told how Williams was agitated and shouting at her, swung a hay-maker type punch at her and when he got her inside the vehicle could hear bangs as the attack continued. He feared for her life.

Another neighbour saw him frog march her across the road and punch her in the face with a clenched fist. He picked up her by her hair as if re-positioning her so that he could hit her again.

A woman neighbour told how the victim was defenceless as she was kicked and punched in an attack that went on for about 15 minutes.

Inside, it was found her bed had been damaged and the door ripped off her wardrobe.

Arrested and interviewed, Williams was derogatory about her and denied assault.

Phillip Tully, defending, said his client knew what he had done was unacceptable and was very sorry for the way he had acted.

It was a fraught relationship which had come to an end.

The assault was not planned but he had gone around to the house to express his concerns about issues and accepted that he lost his temper and assaulted her.

The relationship had ended some time ago and would not be resumed, Mr Tully said.