John Munson admitted two counts of assault at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday A 37-year-old Stroud man repeatedly punched his ex-girlfriend in the face after breaking into her flat while subject to a suspended prison sentence, Gloucester Crown Court heard on Tuesday. John Munson, 37, of Gloucester Road, Stroud pleaded guilty to common assault on his former partner and to another “brutal attack” on a man who hit him with a gym weight. Munson received a nine month jail term but was released from the dock because he had already spent longer than that in custody awaiting sentence. The court heard Munson choked and beat his former partner after breaking into her flat through her kitchen window on April 18, 2021 and falling asleep on the sofa.