Gogglebox star George Gilbey who tried to strangle ex-girlfriend as she begged him not kill her in drunken rage walks free
Dad-of-one hit ex Gemma Conway with a baby gate and a lamp after downing wine and vodka at Cheltenham races
GOGGLEBOX star George Gilbey has been spared jail after he beat his girlfriend with a baby gate in a drunken rage.
Gilbey, 34, threw a TV and a lamp at Gemma Conway, and grabbed her around the throat at her home in Twickenham, west London.
She blacked out and suffered injuries to her eye socket, bruising to her arms and legs and marks on her neck.
Gilbey was convicted of beating Ms Conway and causing criminal damage worth around £400 to property by magistrates last week.
But he walked free from Wimbledon Magistrates' Court today with an 18-month rehabilitation order and 100 hours of unpaid work.
Gilbey, who appeared alongside mum Linda and stepdad Pete on the Channel 4 show, was ordered to pay £1,105 in fines and costs.
But the dad-of one's lawyer claimed he is too broke to pay the compensation despite his TV fame.
Clea Topoloski, in mitigation, said: "In so far as compensation and costs are concerned, Mr Gilbey has means which are, to any simple mathematics, in deficit.
"His outgoings far outweigh his incomings."
Electrician Gilbey has a string of previous convictions including four driving offences and one for criminal damage in 2011.
He had claimed he was innocent but in a statement expressed remorse for the relationship ending in criminal proceedings.
Ms Conway, the mother of their 23-month-old daughter, told the court that she was in so much pain during the attack that she thought she might die.
She said: "I was begging for my life saying, 'don't kill me, don't kill me.''
She blacked out and when she came to she found the flat had been wrecked.
Ms Conway told the court: "Mr Gilbey had been at the pub earlier drinking and watching the Cheltenham races.
"I spoke to him when I was leaving work to say I was picking up my daughter and was with our mutual friend and heading home where another colleague joined us for a drink.'
When she got to the flat in Twickenham she found Gibley had been drinking heavily.
Gilbey admitted drinking five small glasses of wine, "two or three" double vodkas and lemonades and a shot of Jagermeister.
Ms Conway added: "I could see he was very drunk. His demeanour was glassy eyed, and swaying.
"He gets very sweary when he is drinking. He has a history of being drunk and obnoxious."
After the friends left Gilbey told her: "You're not my mum, you're dead."
Gilbey told the court: "The reason we broke up was because of Miss Conway's jealous rages, especially with my position in the media and how other women would approach him."
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He shot to fame with his Essex family on Gogglebox in 2013 after appearing on Big Brother a year earlier.
The couple met at Royal Ascot races in 2013 and had a daughter together in 2016.
Gilbey, of Clacton on Sea, Essex, denied charges of beating his ex-girlfriend and causing criminal damage to property but was convicted by the magistrates.
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