Thug stamped on girlfriend's head in terrifying rage over the TV Shaun Brannon also wouldn't let his partner grieve the loss of her late son A thug stamped on his girlfriend and throttled her in a row over the TV. Shaun Brannon, 51, of Lansdowne Road in Bridlington, had been out drinking with his then-partner at the Lord Nelson pub on Endike Lane on January 20 last year when he turned violent. The couple had argued over the woman's decision to go home and after he accused her of stealing his phone, Brannon went back to the pub and she went home, telling him to stay at his sister's.