A south Essex drug dealer has been jailed for a serious assault on a woman.
Tony Cooley, 39, of Rushbrook Avenue, Wickford, pleaded guilty on Wednesday (June 24) to Section 20 wounding of a female.
The charge is also known as inflicting grievous bodily harm (GBH) without intent.
Essex Police said he inflicted serious injury with his own hands, as opposed to a weapon.
He committed the offence on January 5 2026.
Cooley also pleaded guilty to intentionally strangling the same woman on the same date.
He admitted further offences of being concerned in the supply of cannabis, a Class B drug, and being in possession of cocaine, a Class A drug.
Sentencing him at Basildon Crown Court, Judge John Bristow jailed him for two-and-a-half years for the GBH, with one year and nine months concurrent for the strangulation.
He then imposed six months consecutive for the drug dealing charge, with no separate penalty for the cocaine possession.
Judge Bristow ordered than £1,783 seized from Cooley, believed to have been the proceeds of drug dealing, be forfeited and given to charity.
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