Waheed Amodu beat up girlfriend over disagreements

Waheed Amodu strangled, engaged in a controlling and coercive relationship and had “violent outbursts and physical assaults” against the woman.

The 23-year-old attacked his former partner multiple times between December 5 and December 15 when police were called to a home in the Oxford area.

The victim, in her 30s, suffered multiple injuries at the hand of Amodu, police say.

Police constable Niamh Meaney, of Thames Valley Police, said Amodu had no choice but to plead guilty to the charges due to the “weight of evidence” against him.

Waheed Amodu (Image: TVP)

He pleaded guilty to one count each of intentional strangulation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and three counts of assault by beating.

At Oxford Crown Court on Thursday, April 4, Amodu, of Diamond Drive in Didcot, was jailed for two years and three months and an unlimited restraining order was put in place against him.

Investigating officer Ms Meaney said: “This sentence reflects the seriousness of Amodu’s actions and the harm he was inflicting.

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“I would like to thank and praise the courage and bravery of the survivor of these attacks in coming forward to us.

“The guilty plea in this case is a clear reflection of the strength and thoroughness of the evidence. Faced with the weight of that evidence, he had no option but to admit what he had done.

“We remain absolutely committed to protecting the public and ensuring offenders like Amodu are brought to justice.”

Amodu was arrested by police just days before Christmas on December 15 following a number of calls made to 999 and he was formally charged the following day.