An internet boyfriend threw a glass of wine over his new partner and grabbed her around the throat as their short relationship came to a violent end.
Victim Katrina Aplin fled her home in Exeter and took refuge in a pub garden nearby because she was so terrified of attacker Aaron Flood.
She was treated for bruises on her neck and injured fingers and ribs after row about how they treated each other's children, Exeter Crown Court was told.
Care sector worker Flood, aged 38, of Guinness Lane, Exeter, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm against his former girlfriend on October 12, 2013.
He was ordered to attend a 'building better relationships' programme as part of 18 months supervision and to pay £250 compensation and £60 costs by Judge Jeremy Griggs.
He also banned him from contacting Miss Aplin or going to her home in Monks Road, Exeter.
He told him:"The break up of a relationship is always difficult and traumatic and this clearly applies in this case. Violence by one partner against the other is never acceptable."
Miss Janice Eagles, prosecuting, said the couple had met through internet dating and he had moved into her home but there had been tensions because she had four children and he had two.
She said:"One of the causes of difficulty arose from their different approaches to lifestyle and dealing with children. None of them were at home on the day of the assault.
"They stayed home and drank wine and talked about their relationship and she was afraid he would become verbally abusive. An argument developed over a name he had called one of her sons.
"He became more and more adamant, raising his voice and she went to the bathroom hoping he would calm down but he followed her, shouting at her and threw a glass of wine over her."
Miss Eagles said a physical struggle ensued in which she tried to kick him and he held her around the throat and threw her against a bed after she scratched his face. He also pulled back her fingers
She fled the house and took refuge in a garden at Henry's Bar in Mount Pleasant where she rang a friend who came to rescue her. She later called the police.
Mr Nigel Wraith, defending, said Flood had not started the physical violence and the injuries were not as severe as had been feared at first, when she complained of cracked ribs.
He said there had been no strangulation and Flood had held her off by the throat rather than squeezing it. He added:"There are no factors which suggest higher culpability. There was no pre planning and no weapon."
