Abusive lover ‘used girlfriend as source of cash’

Gipsy Hill

A controlling lover repeatedly beat his girlfriend during a three month relationship and threatened to kill her when she tried to leave him, a court heard. Adrian Samms, 48, was found hiding in a closet at Sonia Davidson’s home in Gipsy Hill, southeast London, after she complained he had beaten her with a belt. Samms controlled Ms Davidson’s movements to and from work, took over her bank account, monitored her phones and threatened her with violence, Inner London Crown Court…

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