A TEENAGER who suffered head injuries when she was mown down by her estranged partner asked for charges against him to be dropped and wants to be reconciled with him.

But, despite Stacey Stubley's plea, a judge jailed Asah Shah for a year.

Ms Stubley needed two blood transfusions and previously told the Derby Telegraph she thought she might go to sleep and never wake up after the incident in Bateman Street, Derby city centre.

Shah's car mounted a pavement before hitting Ms Stubley and then crashing into railings.

As well as her head wounds, Ms Stubley suffered a broken leg.

She was thrown into the air and landed on the back of her head and shoulders on the bonnet of the car, ending up in hospital for two weeks.

Shah carried out the attack after the two had become estranged, Derby Crown Court heard.

But despite the incident, the 19-year-old wants to reunite with Shah and asked for his charges to be dropped, saying her initial statements, where she talked about previous violent incidents, were untrue.

The prosecution agreed to disregard her earlier statements.

But Judge David Pugsley said: "I have sympathy with her wish but regard this as a matter with great gravity."

Sentencing Shah to 12 months in prison, Judge Pugsley said: "Something like two-thirds of homicides each year are committed by men on their wives or partners.

"Day-in day-out, whether sitting in criminal or county court, judges see men beating up their partners. Sadly, even in the gravest cases women have those men back and it is often repeated."

But the judge added: "I am not saying it will necessarily happen in your case."

The court heard the couple had separated a few weeks before the incident at about 4.30pm on August 21.

Clive Stockwell, prosecuting, said: "On the day, the defendant was keen to see her to resolve some financial issues – it seems the rent was to be paid."

Ms Stubley had been walking along Osmaston Road, Derby, with her sister, Emma, when she saw Shah in his car and he told her he wanted to talk to her.

Mr Stockwell said: "He offered her a lift and she refused. He was not happy with that. He decided to accelerate really fast towards her, to pull alongside her and brake at the last moment to scare her, just to get her into the vehicle, he said.

"He mounted the pavement and then lost control of the car."

Mr Stockwell said that the prosecution did not suggest that Shah had committed the offence with any intention of harming Ms Stubley but rather that it was a "reckless" act.

"Immediately afterwards the defendant apologised. He said 'I'm sorry I did it. I love you'.

"The effect of the impact was that Stacey was hospitalised for two weeks. She underwent an operation. She had fractures to her fibula and tibia. She is currently receiving physiotherapy but there have been no other ill effects."

Mr Stockwell said that Shah, who admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving, had not intended to hurt her but had wanted to "scare her".

Mr Stockwell said: "He has pleaded guilty on the basis that he does not accept a history of domestic violence on the complainant and he did not deliberately run her over."

The court heard how Ms Stubley, formerly of Osmaston Road, Derby, had passed a letter to the judge about her feelings for the defendant.

Mr Stockwell said: "Last time she indicated that she did not wish the prosecution to proceed.

"She is keen to put forward that any reference of violence, intimidation, controlling behaviour is not relied on."

Avik Mukherjee, in mitigation, said Shah "deeply regretted" what he had done and accepted that he had to be punished.

He said: "He is a man who has come from a very decent, well-educated family, who has let down himself and them and hurt the one person he says he cares about more than anybody else, and for that he is to pay the price."

Mr Mukherjee said it appeared inevitable that they would be reconciled, but that if after a while she didn't want to continue the relationship any more Shah would let her walk away.

Judge Pugsley said he accepted Shah was "fundamentally a decent person" but thought he had "a problem with an obsessive behaviour".

He disqualified Shah, of Mornington Street, Leicester, from driving for 18 months, after which he will be required to take an extended test.

Following the hearing, Detective Inspector Dave Cox said: "At the time, we viewed it as being a very serious assault.

"It could potentially have been far more serious than the injuries she sustained. She was fortunate that the impact threw her over the car as opposed to underneath."