A mother whose eyes were gouged out by her partner today said that the hardest thing was knowing she would never see her children's faces again.
Shane Jenkin, 33, who has a history of violence, subjected 32-year-old mother-of-two Tina Nash to a sickening 12-hour attack at her home in Hayle, Cornwall, leaving the attractive blonde completely blind.
Surgeons removed one eye and could not save her sight in the other, after the 'vicious' assault in which Ms Nash was suffocated and left with a broken jaw and nose, Truro Crown Court heard.
Callous Shane Jenkin could turn like 'flicking a switch' and was on a five-year pub ban for violence.
He was excluded from a pub in 2010 after punching a policeman, a pubwatch chairman said and one Penzance barman said Jenkin had previously tried to gouge out a man's eyes during a brawl.
Ms Nash faced the cameras for the first time today since the vile attack, after attending a hearing last year hiding behind large, dark sunglasses.
In a statement released after Jenkin admitted GBH with intent in court this morning, Ms Nash said she was glad he had 'at least taken responsibility for changing my life forever'.
