Lover broke girlfriend’s eye sockets

A lover repeatedly assaulted his girlfriend as their toxic relationship broke down, a court heard. Dwayne Francois, 38, attacked Kimberly French in a booze-fuelled rage, leaving her needing stitches on 27 November. Francois subjected his girlfriend to three beatings between 15 June and November last year, leaving her with two fractured eye sockets and a broken nose. He also assaulted Ms French’s friend Isaac Katula during a row, the Old Bailey heard. Tom Nicholson, prosecuting said: ‘There are a series…