A ‘bully’ ruined his partner’s Tesco job interview by turning up and making a scene at the supermarket.

Stefan Marcel, 20, also put the kibosh on his then girlfriend getting work at Bicester Village shopping outlet – telling her he’d cheat on her if she took up the job.

Sentencing him to 12 months suspended for two years, Judge Nigel Daly likened the wife beater’s behaviour to that of an ‘immature boy’.

“I have seen photographs of your victim. I have seen the bruises on her. I have read her statement in which she describes losing two-and-a-half to three stone while in a relationship with you, going down to about seven stone,” the judge said.

“You bullied and assaulted and controlled this young girl, who you claimed to love.

“If that is the way you treat somebody that you love, I’d hate to see how you [treat] somebody that you don’t like.”

Prosecutor Julian Lynch told Oxford Crown Court on Thursday that Marcel and his girlfriend, who was around six months younger, were in a relationship for two years.

During that time he controlled what she wore, pushed and punched her, threw her and her belongings out the house and repeatedly threatened to cheat on her.

The abuse came to light when police were called by neighbours in September 2020 after overhearing an argument between the couple. The woman was bruised.

In a statement, the victim’s mother described Marcel as ‘calculating, manipulative and controlling’.

“He makes her feel worthless and isolated her from family and friends for what seems to be his own entertainment,” she added.

Mr Lynch said text messages between the couple showed that Marcel made ‘threats and [used] abusive language whenever there was any behaviour from his girlfriend he didn’t like’.

Marcel, of Isis Avenue, Bicester, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to controlling and coercive behaviour. He had no previous convictions.

Richard Davies, mitigating, said his client had shown a ‘degree of remorse’ and his guilty plea a week before the trial prevented the victim from having to come to court.

He had worked as a chef in the past and was described as ‘hardworking’. His incarceration would have an impact on his parents.

As part of his suspended sentence, Marcel must do 120 hours of unpaid work and up to 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

A restraining order prevents him from contacting his ex-partner for a decade.

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