Thug tried to spray bleach in his ex partner's face during drunken attack in her own home

The police had to be called several times to have Mark Jones removed from the property in Castleford earlier this year, before he went onto attack his former partner months later.

Jones appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to a harassment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.

Anthony Moore, prosecuting, said that 53-year-old Jones had been in a relationship with the woman for a "number of years" but they split up in November last year.

She remained at the family home with their children.

He was permitted to attend the home to see the children, but during a visit on April 10 at around 4pm he began arguing and tried to push his way into the property, so the police were called.

He was arrested but after being released he went back to the house and began banging and shouting at the window, even grabbing a ladder and banging on the upstairs window and climbing onto the roof.

Again, the police were called and he was found hiding in a shed.

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, they took him back to his home on Barnsdale Road, in Allerton Bywater.

However, he returned for a third time in the early hours on April 11, banging on the windows, so the police returned and he was arrested again.

On July 23, Jones went to his ex partner's home at around 6pm to speak with her about a bank card.

Mr Moore said Jones was argumentative, began making accusations about her personal life and became aggressive.