Dallas Mpala attacked his ex-girlfriend Gemma Holland ( both pictured ) at her home and left her with a broken vertebrae and horrific bruising . A violent thug who beat the mother of four of his children so badly he broke her back has been branded a 'lazy , violent parasite ' by the judge who jailed him . Jealous Dallas Mpala , 30 , of Tunstall , Staffordshire , attacked his ex-girlfriend Gemma Holland , 29 , and left her with a broken vertebrae and horrific bruising . As he jailed Mpala for three years , Recorder Nigel Daly told him : 'You do not work and spend your time drinking and taking drugs while sponging off your current partner . You are a lazy , indolent , violent parasite . ' The couple had known each other for 13 years but their relationship broke down in 2009 after Mpala was jailed two years for punching her , slapping her and whipping her with a belt . But on Sunday , April 20 2014 , Ms Holland arrived at a children 's party to find Mpala already there . He threw a can of beer at her head so she left - only to find Mpala waiting for her outside her house when she got home from a nightclub . Worried about making a scene , Ms Holland let him inside and turned him down when he asked to sleep with her . But she was then was woken up by Mpala punching her head . Prosecutor Richard Davenport told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court : 'He was shouting and screaming . 'He accused her of sleeping with other men and punched her to her head . She felt incredible pain . He was so angry she feared for her life . 'He launched himself at her like a wild animal and bit her cheek . 'She was crying and begging him to stop . He said he wanted to kill her . ' Gemma Holland ( pictured ) shows the injuries she sustained after being beaten by her ex Dallas Mpala . This x-ray of Ms Holland 's back shows the temporary screws which were inserted after Mpala broke it . Ms Holland , from Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire , said : 'At first I thought it was a dream - but then I woke up and he was still hitting me . 'He smashed up my phone , kept punching , kicking and biting me , he smacked my head against the wall and dragged me along the floor . ' I begged him to stop , and when he let me out to go to the toilet I just ran down the stairs and drove to my friend . 'If I had n't told him I loved him he would n't have let me out , he would have killed me . ' The attack has left her with short-term memory loss . She added : 'My friend thought I had been in a car crash . 'When he kicked me in the back and told me I could n't leave , I thought I was going to die . 'It was the scariest moment of my life . ' ' I thought he was leaving me for dead and that I would never leave that room - it 's a miracle that I manage to escape . ' Ms Holland and Mpala - he fractured her vertebrae in three difference places during the brutal attack . She was left with a bruised and swollen right eye which she could not open , a bruised nose , swollen left cheek , marks and bumps on her head and a sore back . She was later found to have three fractures of her vertebrae . Mpala pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed for three years . He was also made the subject of an indefinite restraining order preventing him having any contact with Ms Holland . Now Ms Holland , 29 , is warning other victims of domestic violence to seek help . She said : 'If there are any women going through what I suffered then they need to leave straight away and not look back . ' 'When he turned up and said he had nowhere to go I let him in out of pity , but I did n't think it would end with me in hospital . ' I could n't walk for a month afterwards because the injuries were so bad . I 've still got a lot of back pain , and I 'm on codeine to deal with it , but my memory 's getting better . 'Now I 'm just looking forward to a happy life for me and my family , without him . ' Now Ms Holland is warning other victims of domestic violence to seek help as soon as possible .
Dallas Gemma Holland , 30 , attacked ex-girlfriend Mpala at her home . He accused her of sleeping with other men and punched her in the head . Gemma Holland brutally punched , kicked and bit her before kicking her in the back . Her injuries were so bad a friend thought she had been in car crash . He pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and was jailed . Judge told Gemma Holland 'You are a lazy , indolent , violent parasite '