A VIOLENT and cruel man who beat his terrified partner with a mop and called her "the devil" has been jailed for 18 months.

Mohammed Salim punched the woman in the face, put his hands round her throat, controlled what she wore and called her degrading names, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

Salim, 33, who had been held in custody for more than six months, pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour towards the woman over four weeks.

Prosecutor Abdul Shakoor said Salim was jailed for four months in 2012 for causing his victim actual bodily harm.

The relationship ended but the couple began living together again at an address in Bradford.

Mr Shakoor said Salim admitted being unfaithful to the woman and she became paranoid, checking his phone and deleting contacts. He called her fat, told her what to wear and said a woman should be beaten if she spoke back to a man.

"She felt low and worthless," Mr Shakoor said.

Salim beat her with a mop during an argument at their home, saying afterwards: "She drives me to it."

He punched her in the face and throttled her until she struggled to breathe.

Then he sat on her face, saying: "I could kill you."

"He called her the devil, said it was her fault, and kept punching her in the head," Mr Shakoor told the court.

When she packed for a seaside holiday with her family, Salim said her shorts were unsuitable and that she was from "a disbelieving family."

"He threatened to damage her parents' houses and throw acid in her face if she told the police," Mr Shakoor said.

The police were called when the woman's mother saw her covered in injuries and unable to walk.

In her victim personal statement, the woman said she had lost her job because of the abuse she suffered and now did not trust anyone.

She found it hard to sleep and still suffered pain in her front tooth after Salim threw a phone at her.

Salim had nine previous convictions for 13 offences, including causing actual bodily harm, battery, threatening behaviour and criminal damage.

His barrister, Glenn Parsons, said it was a dysfunctional relationship that had now ended. There was paranoia, jealously and violence on both sides.

Salim felt that being in prison on remand had made him a better person.

"He is a man who needs some education about his behaviour and conduct," Mr Parsons said.

Judge Jonathan Rose said Salim terrified the woman and made her feel low and worthless.

"You have treated the complainant in this case disparagingly and cruelly and you have used violence against her, including with weapons," the judge said.