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Channel 4 star guilty of five-year campaign of terror against girlfriend where he broke her jaw, pulled out her hair and threatened to burn her with styling straighteners

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February 18, 2025
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A Channel 4 star has been convicted over a five-year campaign of terror he pursued against his girlfriend.

Jack Woodman, who appeared on the series Bodyshockers, has been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm.

The trial heard how the treatment he meted out to his ex-partner included breaking her jaw, pulling out her hair and threatening to burn her with styling straighteners. 

The family of his former girlfriend Crystal Taffs today said: ‘Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous.’

In the three separate beatings, Woodman, 33, punched Crystal in the face breaking her jaw, pulled a clump of her hair out and also threatened to burn her with a pair of hair straighteners.

After the verdict, his victim’s stepfather Dave Priddle said: ‘This is a victory not only for my stepdaughter but for all women who have to suffer domestic violence and control and coercive behaviour.

‘Woodman made Crystal’s life a living nightmare until she finally snapped and ran away from him with their two children.

‘All he was ever worried about was himself and his relentless pursuit of being famous.

Jack Woodman appeared on the hit reality show Bodyshockers, a show that meets people across the UK who regret their plastic surgery or body art and want to reverse it or cover it up

Jack Woodman appeared on the hit reality show Bodyshockers, a show that meets people across the UK who regret their plastic surgery or body art and want to reverse it or cover it up

‘Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous. But that fame has come at a massive price.

‘The jury obviously saw through the lies he was telling and didn’t think he was a credible character.’

Judge Leslie Blohm KC adjourned sentencing until a date to be fixed for reports on Woodman to be prepared.

He told Woodman: ‘I’m giving you conditional bail but the likelihood is that you face a custodial sentence.’

The five-day trial at Bristol Crown Court heard how the former pawnshop owner had been with Crystal for five years and the pair had two children together.

Their relationship ended in 2022 when she walked out of the house they shared with Woodman’s mother following a series of beatings.

Prosecuting, Caitlin Evans said: ‘On Father’s Day in 2022, he punched Ms Taffs after she came to pick him up following a night out at a casino in which he had lost a considerable amount of money.’

Giving evidence, Crystal, now 29, told how their relationship began after she walked out of her job as a hairdresser to start work at Woodman’s pawnshop, Jack’s Cash in Bedminster, Bristol.

Bristol Crown Court heard how Jack Woodman (left) subjected his former girlfriend Crystal Taff (right) a five-year campaign of abuse

Bristol Crown Court heard how Jack Woodman (left) subjected his former girlfriend Crystal Taff (right) a five-year campaign of abuse

Woodman appeared on the Channel 4 show trying to have a giant tattoo on his back removed

Woodman appeared on the Channel 4 show trying to have a giant tattoo on his back removed 

She described how he attacked her in the store, saying: ‘One day I had agreed to cut my brother’s hair but Jack wouldn’t let me go until I had cleaned all the TVs in the pawnshop.

‘He wasn’t happy with the standard of my cleaning of the TVs and he said I was a lazy b****.

‘He was facing me and punched me in the right side of the face which was agony.

‘I said I think you’ve knocked my teeth out and he said, “If you don’t shut up I’ll make sure I knock the other teeth out”. I was very panicky as it just didn’t feel right.

‘He made me stay in the shop and I sent a text to my stepmum apologising that I couldn’t cut my brother’s hair today. I didn’t tell anybody what had happened.

‘I was in pain and very anxious and very scared. I didn’t know if anything was broken but I carried on working as normal at Jack’s Cash.

‘I went to A&E because I physically couldn’t eat as it was too painful and so went to A&E but it was far too busy and [I] was told that it would be up to five hours.

‘I was conscious that Jack would come home that evening and so I went back to his house.

The pawnshop owner Jack Woodman (right), who shares two children with Crystal Taffs (left), had denied GBH and two charges of ABH but has now been convicted on all three counts

The pawnshop owner Jack Woodman (right), who shares two children with Crystal Taffs (left), had denied GBH and two charges of ABH but has now been convicted on all three counts

‘I went back to A&E the following day and had x-rays taken which showed my jaw was broken.

‘I was referred to a surgeon at Bristol Dental Hospital who said that I would need surgery to repair my jaw.’

In another incident during the weekend of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, Ms Taffs told how Woodman assaulted her in the car as they drove back from a family meal out.

She said: ‘During the journey home he was telling me I was boring to be with.

‘It was a verbal argument but I do remember him pulling my hair which was something he often did.

‘He reached across and just pulled out a clump of my hair and left me with a bald patch.

‘I was really upset and started to cry when I looked in the mirror.

‘He came in and started to get quite angry. He pushed me on the bed and threatened to burn me with my straighteners.

Self-confessed 'rebel' Jack Woodman was accused of punching his girlfriend Crystal Taff, 29, as well as pulling her hair out in clumps and threatening to burn her with pair of straighteners

Self-confessed ‘rebel’ Jack Woodman was accused of punching his girlfriend Crystal Taff, 29, as well as pulling her hair out in clumps and threatening to burn her with pair of straighteners

‘He had me pinned down with his hands around my neck so I couldn’t move.

‘I was on the bed and he had the straighteners snapping next to my face.

‘I was petrified but he didn’t burn my face. This wasn’t an uncommon thing over the five years and I was terrified.’

Woodman from Kingswood in Bristol, denied the charges but the jury of seven women and five men took just two hours to return guilty verdicts.

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