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| Court Out: Holding |
Christopher Holding, 30, has split with the mother of his ten month-old daughter, but moved into the home of a Kensington businesswoman, who has also sorted him out with employment at her company.
The Preston-native, formerly of Turpin Green, Leyland was convicted of assaulting girlfriend Jamie Anne Moutarde on September 27, last year at a flat they shared in Sydenham Road, Sydenham, south-east London.
He was also found guilty of causing £115 worth of criminal damage to her laptop, which he threw at her and possessing cocaine and cannabis on the same occasion.
After Ms Moutarde called police to their home she reported another incident at a wedding the week before to the officers and Holding was also convicted of assault at the County Hotel, Chelmsford on September 21.
Holding, who was sentenced in 2012 to 45 months imprisonment for stealing cash, jewellery and other valuables, worth over £8,000 from women he wooed, jumped bail after his latest arrest and skipped his trial.
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| Nicked Again: Holding |
Prosecutor Denise Clewes told Bexley Magistrates Court: “Ms Moutarde called the police to say she had been assaulted by Holding, who had climbed back in through a window and was leaving when police arrived.
“She said they had an argument and he picked up her laptop and threw it at her. She moved so it wouldn’t hit her in the face and it struck her shoulder.
“She wouldn’t let him back in so he climbed through the window and when police stopped him leaving they found a small bag of cannabis in his jeans pocket.
“Ms Moutarde told the police they were at a hotel in Essex and Holding pushed on onto the bed and put one hand on her throat and while holding her arms above her head with his other hand gently head butted her several times.
“She also pointed out his room in the flat and police found a wrap that contained cocaine.”
When questioned at Lewisham Police Station Holding said things had been “very hard” after the birth of their daughter and he had lost his chef job.
After returning home from the local Jobcentre the coupled rowed about money and Holding claimed he simply pushed her laptop to her a little harder than he should have done.
It fell to the floor, admitted Holding, saying he didn’t know he hurt his girlfriend’s shoulder.
He returned via the window to collect the cannabis and grinder, but insisted the cocaine wasn’t his.
“Holding said they were at a wedding the week before and both of them had taken drugs and been drinking when they began arguing about her feelings towards another man,” explained Ms Clewes.
“He said they were screaming in each other’s faces so it was possible his head touched hers, but he was not sure.”
Afterwards Ms Moutarde told police: “The incident made me incredibly stressed and frustrated. The relationship was deteriorating and wearing me down.
“It is sad that it has come to this and that my child will not have her father in her life.
“I am paranoid about what he might do and my family is under pressure from him contacting them and I am embarrassed to tell my family and friends what happened.”
Holding told the court he had recently moved in with a woman, who also gave him a £400 a week admin job at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour around the corner from his new home in Lots Road, West Brompton.
“I have moved in with a friend who has her own business,” he said. “A chef is what I’ve always been, my father was a chef, but I want to get out of that environment. It is negative to my life.”
Holding received an eighteen-month community order, which includes up to 40 sessions of drug addiction treatment and was ordered to pay £200 compensation to his ex, plus £600 costs.
He was also made subject to an indefinite restraining order, prohibiting him using threatening, violent or intimidating behaviour towards Ms Moutarde.
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