Thug jailed for ‘truly disgraceful’ assault on girlfriend

A Muslim convert who punched his girlfriend in the face and threatened to kill her family after she reported him to police was jailed for three years and four months. Lloyd Gilligan, 29, was already serving a community order for domestic violence when he attacked his girlfriend Syeda Dastgir because he thought she was being unfaithful. He repeatedly beat her about the head, pulled her hair and spat in her face during the assault on 24 July last year. Four…