Wannabe Channel 4 star jailed after abusing girlfriend in front of her children over five years
He was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm.
A Channel 4 reality star has been jailed after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm after abusing his former girlfriend.
Jack Woodman, who featured on Katie Piper’s docuseries Bodyshockers, was found to have assaulted his then-partner Crystal Taff three separate times during their five-year relationship.
He had been accused of punching her in the face and breaking her jaw, pulling out a clump of her hair and threatening to burn her with hair straighteners all on separate occasions.
The 33-year-old has now been sentenced for two and a half years.
‘Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous,’ Taffs’ family said when he was convicted in February.
The former pawnshop owner had been with Taff for five years, until she walked out in 2022.
They share two children together, and lived in a house with his mother.
According to Mail Online, Taff welcomed a baby girl last month.
They met after she left her job as a hairdresser and started to work at his pawnshop in Bristol.
The couple had been together for five years (Picture: Facebook)In court earlier this year, Taff claimed that one day he attacked her in the shop, saying: ‘One day I had agreed to cut my brother’s hair but Jack wouldn’t let me go until I had cleaned all the TVs in the pawnshop.
‘He wasn’t happy with the standard of my cleaning of the TVs and he said I was a lazy b****.
‘He was facing me and punched me in the right side of the face which was agony.
‘I said I think you’ve knocked my teeth out and he said “If you don’t shut up I’ll make sure I knock the other teeth out”.
‘I was very panicky as it just didn’t feel right.’
He appeared on Katie Piper’s series Bodyshockers (Picture: Channel 4) Woodman was on the show to get a giant tattoo on his back removed (Picture: Channel 4)She went on to claim Woodman ‘made [her] stay in the shop’ and she sent a message to her stepmum apologising about not being able to cut her brother’s hair.
‘I didn’t tell anybody what had happened.
‘I was in pain and very anxious and very scared. I didn’t know if anything was broken but I carried on working as normal at Jack’s Cash.
‘I went to A&E because I physically couldn’t eat as it was too painful and so went to A&E but it was far too busy and [I] was told that it would be up to five hours.
‘I was conscious that Jack would come home that evening and so I went back to his house.
‘I went back to A&E the following day and had x-rays taken which showed my jaw was broken.’
Woodman has now been sentenced to two and a half years in jail (Picture: Channel 4)She was referred to a surgeon and told she would need surgery to repair her jaw.
In another incident, Taff said Woodman assaulted her in the car after a family meal, and told her she was ‘boring to be with’.
‘It was a verbal argument but I do remember him pulling my hair which was something he often did.
‘He reached across and just pulled out a clump of my hair and left me with a bald patch.
‘I was really upset and started to cry when I looked in the mirror.
‘He came in and started to get quite angry.
‘He pushed me on the bed and threatened to burn me with my straighteners.
Crystal Taff bravely spoke of the abuse she had suffered (Picture: Facebook) This Is Not Right
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Introducing This Is Not Right: Metro's year-long violence against women campaign Remembering the women killed by men in 2024‘He had me pinned down with his hands around my neck so I couldn’t move. I was on the bed and he had the straighteners snapping next to my face.
‘I was petrified but he didn’t burn my face. This wasn’t an uncommon thing over the five years and I was terrified.’
Her step-father also said in court: ‘This is a victory not only for my step-daughter but for all women who have to suffer domestic violence and control and coercive behaviour.
‘Woodman made Crystal’s life a living nightmare until she finally snapped and ran away from him with their two children.
‘All he was ever worried about was himself and his relentless pursuit of being famous.
‘Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous. But that fame has come at a massive price.
‘The jury obviously saw through the lies he was telling and didn’t think he was a credible character.’
Woodman denied the charges but the jury of seven women and five men delivered guilty verdicts in two hours.
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