THE star of a Channel 4 reality TV show faces jail after being convicted of beating his former girlfriend.
Heavily-tattooed Jack Woodman, who featured on Channel 4's Bodyshockers, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm at Bristol Crown Court.
And the family of his former girlfriend, Crystal Taffs, said: "Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous."
In the three separate beatings, Woodman, 33, punched Crystal in the face breaking her jaw, pulled a clump of her hair out and also threatened to burn her with a pair of hair straighteners.
After the verdict, Dave Priddle, Crystal's step-father said: "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."
Judge Leslie Blohm KC adjourned sentencing until a date to be fixed for reports on Woodman to be prepared.
He told Woodman: "I'm giving you conditional bail but the likelihood is that you face a custodial sentence."
The five-day trial at Bristol Crown Court heard how the former pawnshop owner had been with Crystal for five years and the pair had two children together.
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Their relationship ended in 2022 when she walked out of the house they shared with Woodman's mother following a series of beatings.
Prosecuting, Caitlin Evans said: "On Father's Day in 2022, he punched Ms Taffs after she came to pick him up following a night out at a casino in which he had lost a considerable amount of money."
Giving evidence, Crystal, now 29, told how their relationship began after she walked out of her job as a hairdresser to start work at Woodman's pawnshop, Jack's Cash in Bedminster, Bristol.
She claimed that, one day, he attacked her in the shop.
She said: "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 made me stay in the shop and I sent a text to my stepmum apologising that I couldn't cut my brother's hair today. 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.
"I was referred to a surgeon at Bristol Dental Hospital who said that I would need surgery to repair my jaw."
In another incident during the weekend of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Taffs told how Woodman assaulted her in the car as they drove back from a family meal out.
She said: "During the journey home he was telling me I 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.
"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."
Woodman from Kingswood, Bristol denied the charges but the jury of seven women and five men took just two hours to return guilty verdicts.
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