A man accused of imprisoning his partner in a caravan and forcing her to wear a full face covering veil to hide bruising he inflicted has been found guilty of coercive control, strangulation, unlawful wounding, actual bodily harm and fraud.
The court was told 67-year-old Antonio Villafane, also known as Anthony Manson, subjected his partner Sally Ann Norman, 64, to seven years of violence.
The couple lived an off-grid lifestyle on land near Tintern, in Monmouthshire, before Mrs Norman left him in July 2022 after he had tried to strangle her while forcing her to eat a Chinese meal.
Judge Daniel Williams told him he faces “a substantial prison sentence.”
