WORCESTER DOMESTIC ABUSER LOCKED UP AFTER ATTACKING EX
A FOUL-MOUTHED domestic abuser who flouted a restraining order has been jailed after he let himself into his former partner's home only to attack her and scream in her face.James Smith of Wyld's Lane, Worcester pinched his partner on the cheek after letting himself into her home through an insecure patio door, ignoring a restraining order imposed to protect her from him.
The 50-year-old admitted assault by beating on November 7 last year and three breaches of a restraining order on November 7 and 11 last year and again on December 30 last year when he appeared before Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Smith further admitted a section 5 public order offence on December 3 last year at Foregate Street Railway Station.
The court heard that Smith attended the Worcester guesthouse where his former partner was living, breaching a restraining order made in May last year for three and a half years.
He had already breached the order multiple times.
The victim observed Smith gaining access to her bed, pushing her, and pinching her face while screaming.
Smith was sentenced to 52 weeks in prison and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £156.
