An Angus man who strangled his girlfriend and broke her arm is facing jail.
Connor McGregor from Carnoustie “viciously” attacked Danielle Lawson in Arbroath’s Wardmill Road following a row.
The pair left a bar in the town and were walking when the debate turned violent.
McGregor chased after Ms Lawson and repeatedly pushed her, causing her to fall.
The 21-year-old then pushed Ms Lawson against metal railings on a bridge and grabbed her by the throat.
Dundee Sheriff Court was told McGregor then grabbed her by the throat and strangled her until she couldn’t breathe and began to lose consciousness.
She was then thrown to the ground and was later found to have a broken arm.
At some point during the struggle two men walked past, with the woman shouting out: “If you don’t help me and take me to safety then I’ll be dead.”
However, the pair just walked on leaving her in the hands of the violent thug.
During the attack, Miss Lawson called another man who heard her screaming and shouting “he’s hitting me”.
Following his conviction, the jury was told McGregor had two previous convictions for assaulting and behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards Ms Lawson.
Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told the jury: “Why did Danielle Lawson scream at those two men who passed her ‘if you don’t help me and take me to safety then I’ll be dead’?
“The answer is plain and simple she had just been viciously assaulted by her partner, Connor McGregor.
“Assaulted to the extent that he placed his hand over her throat and made her feel ‘woozy’.
“An assault that endangered her life.”
McGregor, a prisoner at Perth, denied a charge of assault to severe injury and danger of life.
However, a jury found him guilty following a two-day trial.
Sheriff Tom Hughes deferred sentence until next month for social work background reports and McGregor was remanded in custody.