A man who beat up is ex after she tried to stop him from drink driving then injured her again when she watched football with a male friend at her home, because he was jealous, a court heard. Patrick Lambourne became involved with his then partner in 2022 at a time when she was pregnant with a baby boy from another man. When the baby was born he helped her raise him. However a sentencing hearing at Truro Crown Court yesterday (Monday, January 13) was told that in July that year when his partner's son fell ill and had to go to hospital, Lambourne spent the day in the pub drinking while she and her son recuperated at her mother's house. Pip Harper, prosecuting, told the court that when Lambourne's ex tried to stop him from driving away as he had been drinking, he assaulted her. Then in December that year, during a separate incident at their address in Lostwithiel, while Lambourne was out on a bender watching football, his partner was at their home with her son, her mum and a male friend and they too were watching football on TV. Lambourne got wind that his partner was having a male friend over and became so enraged that he went to the property at 3am while drunk and demanded to be admitted in. He tried to force his way in past his ex and tried to lunge at the male inside the property.During the incident, he pushed her onto the sofa and put his hands around her neck to the point that her voice was hoarse for days from the pressure on her throat. He also caused an injury to his ex partner's arm. His victim and her friend managed to push Lambourne outside and locked him out in the freezing cold so he'd cool off. The court was told that the 24-year-old from Woodland Close in St Austell, who later pleaded guilty to one charge of common assault and another of causing actual bodily harm, hung around outside her flat for most of the day. In a victim impact statement read out in court, Lambourne's ex said the December incident was so bad she "was scared that he was going to kill her" and the injury he caused also meant she couldn't pick up and cuddle her child for three weeks which deprived her of precious time with him. Lambourne eventually left, the police were called and he was located later that afternoon. In her victim impact statement, his victim said she had been unable to work as a result of the incident and the impact it'd had on her mental health. She lost her job and lost her flat and was homeless for 18 months as a result.She said she has struggled to return to work and now has a mistrust of people, adding: "I don't understand how someone I loved could do this to me." The court was told that Lambourne has one previous conviction for two offences, including battery as a youth. His defence barrister told the court it was more recklessness than intent which had led to the ABH incident, adding: "He was drunk at the time. He intended to get past the complainant to confront her male friend. There was no intention to assault the complainant."To which His Honour Judge Simon Carr replied: "He didn't go there at 3am for a chat and a cup of tea, did he?" Lambourne's barrister said the carpenter knew the relationship was beginning to break down and when he found out about another man staying at the property he was paying rent towards, he felt disrespected and thought it was "unfair". "There was no weapon involved. It was impulsive. The target was the man in the property," his barrister said. "It was a short-lived incident and the complainant was able to keep him out and left him in the freezing cold until he had calmed down." He said the incident happened when Lambourne was only 21 and it had been the first time he had lived with someone in their own flat. He added that Lambourne had complied with a restraining order over the past two years and was a hard-working man employed as a builder and carpenter. Sentencing him to 15 months in prison, suspended for two years, as well as 30 days of activity programme and 10 days of rehabilitation activity requirement, Judge Carr said Lambourne was prone to binge drinking which increases the level of his anger. He said he assaulted his partner when she had effectively tried to protect him from himself by trying to stop him from drink driving but the most serious offence happened she had been at home with her friend and her child was present. Judge Carr said: "At 3am having been drinking heavily you decided you had the right to go in and you pushed your way into despite not being welcome and invaded the place she was entitled to safe in. You grabbed her by the throat. People who do that are particularly dangerous." He added: "You later engaged in victim blame saying that it was her fault and you couldn't be blamed for your actions." A restraining order against Lambourne is also in place for the next five years.