A domestic abuser has been jailed after he burst into the bathroom while his new girlfriend was taking a bath and held her head under water. Sammie Rabbeth told the terrified woman he would kill her as he strangled her later the same evening when she refused to comply with his demands. Rabbeth, who later apologised to the woman, described his actions that night as a “matter of deep regret”. It was stated that Rabbeth later apologised for his behaviour and the woman went to the bedroom to lie down. “This is a matter of deep regret for him.”Sheriff Craig Findlater told Rabbeth that he had committed a “series of serious assaults” upon the woman.