Jack Woodman abused Crystal Taffs over a period of five years
News Sarah Lumley 21:57, 17 Apr 2025
A Bristol man who appeared on Channel 4's 'Bodyshockers' has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after a five-year campaign of abuse and brutal attacks on his girlfriend, a court heard.
Jack Woodman, 33, attacked Crystal Taffs on three separate occasions, in front of their two children.
He pulled out a clump of her hair and threatened to burn her with a pair of straighteners, a jury was told during a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
Crystal bravely faced Woodman in court in February, despite being in the last weeks of pregnancy with her baby daughter, who was born last month.
Woodman, from Kingswood, Bristol, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and two counts of actual bodily harm. He has been jailed for two-and-a-half years, reports The Mirror.
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Crystal's family said: "Woodman has now got what he always craved – to be famous. This is a victory not only for my step-daughter 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.
"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."
Woodman owned a pawnshop and had been with his ex-girlfriend for five years. They had two children together before their relationship ended in 2022.
During the five-day trial, prosecuting Caitlin Evans said: "This case is about Jack Woodman beating his partner and mother of his two children, breaking her jaw and pulling her hair out.
"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."
Crystal, 29, also alleged her ex had previously attacked her at his pawnshop. She claimed in court: "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."
She said: "He made me stay in the shop and I sent a text to my step mum 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."
She said she went to have x-rays taken the following day and they showed her jaw was broken. She also alleged she had been attacked by him on the weekend of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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"It was a verbal argument but I do remember him pulling my hair which was something he often did," she said. “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."
