• Tanya Brass was attacked by skydiver Gary Connery, 53, in 2020.
• He had already been convicted of causing great bodily harm without intent.
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• She sustained a “shattered” shoulder as well as a cut to her head.

A stuntman who doubled for the Queen at the London Olympics in 2012 was sentenced to 18 months in prison for throwing his ex-girlfriend down the stairs, which “shattered” her shoulder.

Tanya Brass was attacked by skydiver Gary Connery, 53, in 2020.

He had already been convicted of causing great bodily harm without intent.

At Oxford Crown Court, Judge Nigel Daly said: “You show no remorse for what happened and you do not seem to accept any fault on your behalf.”

Connery, of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, was accused of pushing Ms Brass during an argument over who should switch out the light and who should close the gate in October 2020, after both had been drinking.

According to the prosecution, she sustained a “shattered” shoulder as well as a cut to her head.

Ms Brass informed the court in a personal statement: “I just want Gary to take responsibility for what he has done and how he has impacted my family.

“The impact on every aspect of my life has been enormous.”

She said she felt “unsafe” to return to the house and became financially reliant on her parents.

Passing the sentence, the judge said: “However [Ms Brass] was behaving she did not deserve to be thrown down stairs.”

He added he could not suspend the sentence as he saw “no realistic prospect of rehabilitation”.

“Throwing somebody down the stairs, as I am quite satisfied you did, can result in extremely serious injuries. In this case it resulted in injuries which were serious.”

Judge Daly stated that he would not sentence Connery on Ms Brass’ claim that he crushed her head on the railing before pushing her down the stairs since the jury had not found him guilty of a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent, which was related to the alleged incident.

A restraining order was also issued, banning Connery from contacting the victim forever.

Connery, who had no prior convictions, featured in one of the opening ceremony scenarios in which the Queen appeared to jump from a helicopter and parachute into the event with James Bond.

He was the stunt double who leapt out of a helicopter dressed as the monarch in front of millions of viewers across the world.

He told the at the time that it had been a “wonderful experience.”

Connery earned the moniker “Bird Man of Henley” after becoming the first person to jump out of a plane without a parachute in 2012.

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