article_snippet.sent: Steven Howie (pictured) left Steven Howie ( with 18 injuries after assaulting his girlfriend Karen Murray over a period of an hour in the room at a lonely inn on New Year's Eve .
article_snippet.sent: Steven Howie, 28, of Dunfermline, left Steven Howie girlfriend Karen Murray, 31, with 18 separate injuries after assaulting his girlfriend Karen Murray over  an hour.
article_snippet.sent: Howie, a joiner, punched, kicked and kneed his girlfriend Karen Murray during a prolonged assault, smashed furnishings, and pulled the door of Howie, a joiner, punched, kicked and kneed her during a prolonged assault en-suite bathroom off Howie, a joiner, punched, kicked and kneed her during a prolonged assault hinges.
article_snippet.sent: Stirling Sheriff Court heard that Howie and Miss Murray had been dating for about four months when Howie and Miss Murray checked into the Carronbridge Hotel, in the Campsie Fells.
article_snippet.sent: The couple were staying at the Carronbridge Hotel (pictured) when he beat Miss Murray in a brutal and sustained attack . '
highlights_snippet.sent: Steven Howie, 28, attacked Steven Howie girlfriend Karen Murray in a hotel bedroom .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Punched and kicked his girlfriend Karen Murray during the hour-long assault on New Year's Eve .
  