The woman’s injury required her to go to Southampton General Hospital to have a titanium plate fitted to her fractured eye socket.
Street, 21, had denied a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm but was found guilty after a four-day trial.
‘GBH is a serious criminal offence and the custody threshold is easily passed,’ said the judge in passing sentence. This community rarely sees such offending and wants it to remain that way.’
The court had heard how the couple had gone back to Street’s home after drinking at a pub and he had alleged that she stumbled on the stairs and he had seen a red mark on her face.
He also claimed that she had bitten him on the arm after accusing him of taking cannabis out of her bag. The woman denied this.
They had also both smoked cannabis that day.
The woman said an argument had broken out in the room and he had hit her with a bag of rubbish and punched her in the face.
Crown Advocate Jenny McVeigh, prosecuting, read out a victim impact statement in which the woman said that her attitude towards all men, including her own father, had changed as a result of the attack and that had impacted her young son, whose relationship with his grandfather had altered.
She suffered from occasional lightning headaches and the titanium plate in her left eye socket was still painful and made her eye water often.
Since the assault she had not gone out much with her friends and she would go shopping only if it was with her parents.
Advocate Sam Maindonald, defending, said that while Street respected the decision of the court, he maintained his innocence.
She said the relationship between him and the woman prior to the incident could best be described as ‘toxic’.
Reference was made in the Probation report to the impact that the loss of his father had had on Street.
His autism and ADHD had been helped during his time on remand.
During this period Street had undertaken education, including passing two GCSEs, and had psychotherapy which he hoped to continue upon release.
He had also obtained a food hygiene qualification and studied driving test theory.
A number of character references were given to the court and Judge Catherine Fooks said these spoke of a kind and respectable young man and that these offences were out of character.
The work he had done while on remand was also to his credit.
However, there were aggravating factors – the fact that the assault was part of a pattern of behaviour, that it was in a domestic setting, that the injury had required surgery, that alcohol and cannabis had been involved and the impact on the victim.
The two-year sentence was backdated to 24 February 2025, the date when Street was remanded in custody.