A father-of-11 is facing imprisonment after he admitted brutally assaulting and humiliating and scarring for life a woman over ten years at locations across the north and north east.
Nathan William Pulman appeared at The High Court in Glasgow to plead guilty to a catalogue of shocking abuse against his 38-year-old victim.
The 42-year-old viciously attacked the woman because he could not find a matching pair of socks and on another occasion chillingly erected a noose and ordered her to hang herself.
Attacks took place in Invergordon, Kinloch Rannoch, Inverness, Laurencekirk, Fyvie, Stonehaven, Forres, Elgin and Perth.
He even assaulted her in Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin while she awaited surgery and while she was pregnant.
The woman sustained many serious injuries at Pulman’s hands, including broken bones and permanent scars.
The woman described her assailant as a “Jekyll and Hyde” character who would regularly accuse her of lying and then become angrier when she denied this and assault her.
After the beatings he would buy her teddy bears and flowers, but after a short period the violence would start up again.
Prosecutor Bill MacVicar told The High Court: “Repeated assaults were committed by the accused on the woman. On some of the occasions she was pregnant. He would call her a whore and a slag.
“She was struck on the head and body with belts and shoes, a dog chain, household items and garden implements.
“The beatings could be for any reason, such as the accused not having a matching pair of socks.
“She was frequently made to stand outdoors in inclement weather, including snow, for lengthy periods of time without adequate clothing.
“He also hit her while he was driving.”
The court heard that on one occasion she was made to sit in snow for a lengthy period while the accused shouted and swore at her. She was eventually let back in to make his evening meal.
On another, Pulman tied a rope to a beam and told her to put her head in the noose he had made and kill herself by stepping off a table.
He eventually told her not to do it, but only after she was left traumatised.
When his boots went missing, Pulman blamed the woman and slapped her twice across the face and kicked her legs repeatedly.
Mr MacVicar added: “In 2005, at a house in Kinloch Rannoch, Mr Pulman began shouting that there was washing to be done.
“When she tried to pick up the washing he punched and kicked her.
“One blow caused her nose to bleed. She had to have an operation and spent three days in hospital.”
In January 2006, the accused knocked items off a seven-foot-high shelving unit and ordered the woman to put them back up.
She stood on an office chair with wheels to do so, whereupon Pulman kicked away the chair.
His victim broke both wrists in the fall.
On another occasion Pulman lost his temper and threw a mug at the woman with some force, cutting her nose, left eyelid and left cheekbone.
Pulman admitted assaulting the woman to her permanent disfigurement and also admitted assaulting two children.
His pleas of not guilty to other charges, including sexually assaulting the woman, were accepted by The Crown.
Lord Matthews deferred sentence on Pulman until next month for background reports.
Pulman, who is in custody, was jailed for nine years in 2013 at Mold Crown Court in Wales for violence against women.