Sunderland man is jailed after attacking same woman twice

Donald Sutherland Taylor Thoburn was imprisoned without a pre-sentence report after a court heard his offences carried an “inevitable custodial sentence”.

Thoburn, 50, of no fixed address, admitted committing assault by beating in Sunderland on October 4 last year and January 7.

He also pleaded guilty to causing £200 of criminal damage by damaging a window belonging to his victim on January 7.

Thoburn, who was given credit for his guilty pleas, was locked up for three months for each of the attacks by South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court.

The court also sentenced him to a 14-day concurrent jail term for the criminal damage, which will be served as part of the six-month overall sentence, and ordered him to pay £500 compensation.

A restraining order prevents him from contacting his victim either directly or indirectly.

This includes contact through social media.

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