Colchester domestic abuse: Thug viciously attacked pregnant partner
Thug smiled in court as judge described horrific attack on pregnant partner A THUG smiled as a court was told of how he left his pregnant partner with fractured facial bones during a “horrific” and unprovoked attack. Lee Ansell, 42, grabbed her by the throat, pinning her to a bed and beating her repeatedly at a time when she was 27 weeks pregnant with his child. The violence erupted in her bedroom after Ansell had been drinking alcohol, months after he attacked her in the garden of the home they shared. Chelmsford Crown Court heard the couple had been in an “on and off ” rela...