text: Dusan Bako, who flew into a rage and punched his pregnant girlfriend repeatedly in the stomach, causing her to lose their unborn baby . A teenage rapper has been jailed after punching his heavily pregnant 16-year-old girlfriend in the stomach causing her to lose their unborn baby. Dusan Bako, 18, flew into a rage after he tried to call the teenager's phone only to discover it was switched off. During a confrontation near a park in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Bako put his arm around the back of the girl's neck and with the other clenched his fist and repeatedly punched the victim in the stomach. One horrified witness who saw the attack said Bako hit the girl 'like a boxer' before she was taken to hospital where she later miscarried their child. Bako, from Oldham, was initially charged with child destruction but ahead of his trial, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a plea bargaining deal. Prosecutors at Manchester Crown Court said Bako had a 'flashpoint of rage' and punched her in the stomach knowing she was pregnant. The court heard the girl who cannot be named told how being with Bako was ‘like being tortured' and in the run up to the attack in August last year she was living in fear of him and his demands that he wanted the baby 'for his family.' Mark Kellet prosecuting said: 'They had met on Facebook and started dating. She describes that they were very much in love, and the pregnancy was planned because they were so in love. 'She moved in with Dusan and his parents and there was, she says, significant animosity between their respective parents. While living with Dusan, she missed her parents and this caused friction within the relationship and she deiced to return home. 'In the arguments that followed she describes the defendant as physically and verbally abusive and she turned-off her phone because she says the defendant had made threats towards her. He sent a text message to her father asking him to tell her to turn-on her telephone, which she did. 'He then asked her to come outside and speak to him. She says that she was reluctant because he had previously made threats about punching her in the stomach. When she told him that she did not wish to go outside to speak to him, he became threatening, saying that he would come into the house and cause trouble. 'When she left the house, her mother could see the defendant dragging her by her sweatshirt, so she and her husband followed. Her mother shouted: “Why are you dragging her like this, she’s pregnant.” Bako put his arm around the back of the girl's neck and with the other clenched his fist and repeatedly punched the victim in the stomach . 'Once they had entered a park, the defendant grabbed the girl around the neck and punched her in the stomach, a forceful and deliberate blow targeting her stomach area. She immediately doubled up in pain.' Eye witness Carol Hulme, who was walking her dog said in a statement: 'As the male ran in and grabbed the young female, he stopped suddenly and put his arm around the back of her neck. 'With the other arm he clenched his fist, swung his arm back and punched the female in the stomach. As soon as he punched her, he swung his arm back again and repeated the punch in the same area whilst still grabbing her around the neck. 'He hit her like a boxer would hit his opponent. It seemed more of a targeted strike. She couldn't move, the way he had hold of her. I’ve never seen anyone hit someone like that so low down. 'It would have been between her stomach and her private area. The best was to describe the direction of the punch is like an uppercut, the fist down striking upwards. I am still thinking how strange it is that she was hit that low. ' Bako fled the scene as the girl let out an 'ungodly scream.’ She was taken to hospital where the baby’s heartbeat began to slow. The girl was given a scan and watched the monitor screen as the baby died. She describes being in great pain. Mr Kellet added: 'This was caused as a result of the injury to the girl caused by the punch. In essence, the punch to the stomach caused a placental haemorrhage and abruption. Bako was jailed for fours years, eight months at Manchester Crown Court, pictured, after admitting causing grievous bodily harm with intent . 'The foetus became starved of oxygen and died.' Bako later surrendered to police and told officers the punch was accidental. He said: 'I took her to the park, her mum was shouting at me and then came up behind me and tried to slap me. 'I tried to hit her to defend myself, but I caught her in the stomach by mistake. I never intended to hit her or hurt the baby.” In mitigation, defence counsel Peter Warne said: 'We are not dealing with a mature 18 year old. This was a complete instant loss of self-control and an ‘emotional reaction to a situation that confronted him. He wishes to write a letter of apology. 'He is remorseful. He wants to do what he can to make amends even if only writing a letter to explain how sorry he is. Iit is not easy for someone of his age and immaturity to face up to what he has done and be brave enough to enter the plea he did for a very serious offence.' Jailing him for four years, eight months, today Judge Robert Atherton told Bako: 'You delivered a serious blow to the lower stomach of your girlfriend who was pregnant with your child and as a result of that blow described as a boxer delivering an upper cut, the placenta of the child was ruptured which lead to starvation of oxygen, terminating the pregnancy. 'I cannot begin to understand or appreciate her feelings at this loss or either your feelings at this loss.'
target: Dusan Bako, 18, flew into a rage with his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend .
  Put his arm around her neck and repeatedly punched her in the stomach .
  The victim was rushed to hospital where she later miscarried the child .
  He was jailed for fours years, eight months at Manchester Crown Court .