The Channel 4 star who broke his girlfriend’s jaw, threatened to burn her and pulled out her hair has been jailed for two and a half years. Jack Woodman, who appeared on Bodyshockers, carried out a five year campaign of abuse on Crystal Taff.
He brutally attacked her on three separate occasions. Crystal, who gave birth to her baby girl last month, bravely faced Woodman in court despite being in the last weeks of her pregnancy.
In February, she told Bristol Crown Court how Woodman had attacked her on three separate occasions in front of their two children. Woodman was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm at Bristol Crown Court.
The court had heard how Woodman was said to have also pulled out a clump of her hair and threatened to burn her with a pair of straighteners during a five year campaign of abuse.
Pawnshop owner Woodman, 33, had been with Crystal for five years. They had two children together before their relationship ended in 2022. It’s said Crystal walked out of the house they shared with Woodman’s mother after a number of alleged beatings. He has now been jailed, reports the Sun.
Following the sentencing her stepdad-dad Dave Priddle said: “This was the sentence the family needed for the pain and torment Woodman has put Crystal through.
“Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous. This is a victory not only for my step-daughter but for all women who have to suffer domestic violence and control and coercive behaviour.”
He added: “Woodman made Crystal’s life a living nightmare until she finally snapped and ran away from him with their two children. All he was ever worried about was himself and his relentless pursuit of being famous.
“Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous. But that fame has come at a massive price. The jury obviously saw through the lies he was telling and didn’t think he was a credible character.”
During the five-day trial, prosecuting Caitlin Evans said: “This case is about Jack Woodman beating his partner and mother of his two children, breaking her jaw and pulling her hair out.
“On Father’s Day in 2022, he punched Ms Taffs after she came to pick him up following a night out at a casino in which he had lost a considerable amount of money.”
Crystal said: “One day I had agreed to cut my brother’s hair but Jack wouldn’t let me go until I had cleaned all the TVs in the pawnshop. He wasn’t happy with the standard of my cleaning of the TVs and he said I was a lazy b****.
“He was facing me and punched me in the right side of the face which was agony. I said I think you’ve knocked my teeth out and he said ‘If you don’t shut up I’ll make sure I knock the other teeth out’. I was very panicky as it just didn’t feel right.”
She added: “He made me stay in the shop and I sent a text to my stepmum apologising that I couldn’t cut my brother’s hair today. I didn’t tell anybody what had happened. I was in pain and very anxious and very scared. I didn’t know if anything was broken but I carried on working as normal at Jack’s Cash.
“I went to A&E because I physically couldn’t eat as it was too painful and so went to A&E but it was far too busy and [I] was told that it would be up to five hours. I was conscious that Jack would come home that evening and so I went back to his house.”
She said she went to have x-rays taken the following day and they showed her jaw was broken. Crystal said she was attacked by Woodman on the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
“It was a verbal argument but I do remember him pulling my hair which was something he often did,” she said. “He reached across and just pulled out a clump of my hair and left me with a bald patch. I was really upset and started to cry when I looked in the mirror.”
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