By Miranda Aldersley For Mailonline
Published: 16:31 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 18:52 BST, 11 May 2019
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A man who brutally attacked his stepdaughter and his wife just days after she had given birth to their daughter has been jailed for 20 months.
Kerry Armstrong shielded her newborn baby during the horrifying assault by crouching over her as Gary Peoples, 40, kicked and punched Ms Armstrong in the head.
Seconds before the assault, which occurred in October 2017 at their Belfast home, Ms Armstrong had been holding the three-day old little girl.
Play group leader Kerry Armstrong, from Belfast, was attacked by her husband at their home just three days after she gave birth to their daughter and left with two black eyes, severe swelling and bruising
The play group leader was left with two black eyes and severe swelling and bruising on other parts of her face.
When Ms Armstrong's 13-year-old daughter entered the room, Peoples grabbed her and pushed her against a wall.
The printer worker admitted attacking his wife and stepdaughter during the same incident at the Crown Court in Derry and was jailed by Judge Elizabeth McCaffrey.
Ms Armstrong said she will never forgive her husband and is relieved that the judicial system did its job in this instance by putting him behind bars, Belfast Live reported.
Speaking after her husband was jailed, she added: 'It has been quite a long time since this happened and it has been hard to get to this point.
'At times I just wanted to give up but I was determined to go through with it on behalf of other women who have suffered
