Lover dished out Transit van beating

A jealous lover punched his ex-girlfriend repeatedly and tried to push her out of his moving Ford Transit van, a court heard. Roy Smith, 50, allegedly assaulted Beverley Jones while driving her to his caravan on 5 November 2017. Smith had messaged Ms Jones on WhatsApp the day before, asking if she wanted to pick up her clothes from the mobile home in Sheerness, Kent. Ms Jones, who hadn’t spoken to Smith in four months, agreed, and he picked her…