Daryl Taylor jailed for three years at Ipswich Crown Court

Thirty-two-year-old Daryl Taylor threw a glass towards the woman after she jokingly called him ‘fat and ugly’, Ipswich Crown Court heard.

The glass broke as it hit the floor and the victim was cut on her leg by a piece of broken glass, said Laura Kenyon, prosecuting.

Daryl Taylor was jailed for three years. (Image: Suffolk Constabulary)

Taylor, who has 93 previous convictions including offences of violence against women, had then mounted a “campaign of pressure” against the woman in a bid to stop her giving evidence against him, including threatening to get her child taken away by Social Services.

Taylor was remanded in custody in August 2021 and the victim had then received calls from Taylor’s partner, Joanna Haddock’s phone while she was on the line to Taylor enabling him to talk to the victim.

Haddock had also sent the victim messages on behalf of Taylor saying he would leave her alone if she did what he wanted.

Taylor, 32, of no fixed address and Joanna Haddock, 37, of Waveney Road, Ipswich, both admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice and Taylor also admitted an offence of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Taylor was jailed for three years and banned from contacting the victim for ten years.

Haddock, who has no previous convictions, was given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years, a 30 day rehabilitation activity requirement and ordered to pay £500 costs.

She was banned from contacting the victim for five years.

Lynn Shirley for Taylor, who has been in custody for two years, accepted his criminal record was “abysmal” but said he had made the most of his time in prison.

He had completed a barbering course and wanted to continue with that when he was released from prison.

Simon Gladwell for Haddock said she was still in a relationship with Taylor and was sorry for what she had done.