Jealous girlfriend batterer gets six years

A jealous lover who battered his girlfriend with a frying pan after she sent a late-night text has been jailed for six years. Hugh Nelson, 53, repeatedly slapped his partner then pinned her to the floor in a fit of rage in the early hours of the morning. She desperately tried to break free but he struck her 20 times and stamped on her legs and ankles, demanding to know who she had messaged. The 35-year-old was left bleeding on…