A BRUTE who smashed his partner over the head with a gun was today jailed for three years and nine months.

The High Court in Glasgow heard how his terrified victim feared 28-year-old Jack McNeilly was going to shoot her.

McNeilly turned on the woman at a house in Glasgow's Carntyne last October.

She has no recollection of the attack but ended up in hospital when she was battered over the head with the weapon.

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Sentencing him to almost four years behind bars, judge Lady Stacey told McNeilly: “This is an explicable offence and you are fortunate that the victim wants anything to do with you at all after what you did to her.

“This was an offence involving abuse of a partner and she didn't remember what happened until she woke up in hospital.”

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The terrified 36-year-old mum thought the gun was real, but the court heard the firearm was a “replica of some sort."

McNeilly admitted assaulting the woman to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

He had originally faced an attempted murder allegation, but the Crown accepted his guilty plea to a reduced charge.

The woman had been with McNeilly and others at the house on October 13 last year.

Revellers were described as “having fun” until McNeilly started arguing with the woman's sister and was told to go away.

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Prosecutor Maryam Labaki said: “McNeilly then pulled out what looked like a black and grey handgun from the back of his trousers and pointed it at her. She thought he was going to shoot her.

“He then grabbed her by the hair and she felt thuds to the top of her head.

“The next thing she remembers is waking up and her neighbours helping her.”

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His victim suffered a head wound but will make a full recovery.

The court heard the claim the gun was an imitation cannot be disputed, as the weapon has never been found.

McNeilly, also of Carntyne, handed himself into police more than a week after the attack.