Man assaulted girlfriend in Welshpool after rugby and drinking session
A man who had been drinking all day assaulted his girlfriend, smashed a mirror and broke a door at her home.
Matthew Stone kicked the woman after she stumbled over shortly after letting him inside her home, Welshpool Magistrates Court was told.
He carried out the attack – described as violent and unpleasant by magistrates – in Welshpool after a day out in Shrewsbury watching rugby and drinking, the court heard.
Stone, 21, now living at Burway in Church Stretton, admitted common assault and criminal damage when he appeared at court yesterday.
Mrs Helen Tench, prosecuting, said the incident happened on March 14 when Stone returned to Welshpool. His then girlfriend met him in a pub in the town but he argued with her and left without his jacket, which she took back to her house.
Stone went to the house and the woman inadvertently let him in. She stumbled and fell and Stone kicked her twice, Mrs Tench said.
The woman ran out of the house and flagged down a police car. Officers said she was visibly traumatised.
When officer went to the house a mirror had been smashed and a knife stuck into a door. The intercom was also broken.
Mr Phil Sherrard for Stone said his client could remember little about the incident but had accepted responsibility. The relationship was now over, he said.
Magistrates gave Stone a 12-month community sentence ordering him to carry out 60 hours unpaid work, undertake a 20 day rehabilitation order and pay a total of £595 in compensation and costs. He was also made the subject of a two-year restraining order.
