A 'SKILLED' amateur boxer has escaped jailed after he struck his brother in the head with a coffee mug and threatened his family over the phone.

Qaasim Kaalim Pervaiz, 19, pleaded guilty to assaulting his brother Azeem Pervaiz and leaving threatening phone calls to him and his mother.

Burnley Crown Court heard he was sentenced to do unpaid community work after the incident which happened in their family home in Accrington earlier this year.

The brothers started arguing in front of their mother in the sitting room of the Norfolk Grove property when 'the situation escalated'.

Pervaiz then picked up a coffee mug which was on the table and 'struck his brother in the face and head', prosecutor Peter Barr said.

The court heard the victim was left with a 'very bloody face and lacerations to the back of the head' as a result of the incident.

Judge Beverley Lunt said it was a 'very nasty' cut which Mr Pervaiz suffered.

Mr Barr said Pervaiz later had 'threatening or menacing' phone calls with both his mother and brother, who he threatened to 'chop up'.

The court heard he was 'frustrated, angry and agitated' at the time which led to him leaving the messages.

Pervaiz had no previous convictions and Neil Howard, speaking for the defence, said he was a 'very industrious' young man.

Mr Howard also said Pervaiz had aspirations of going back to college and university, and had a job in a factory lined up later in the year.

The court heard how he had a promising future as a boxer.

He said: "He spends most of the time training and in the gym.

"He is a very skilled amateur boxer, with the potential to be professional."

Judge Lunt said the behaviour was 'out of character' for Pervaiz.

She said: "He needs to sort himself out, you don't speak like that to your family and your mother.

"You do not resort to violence.

"He is a good character who is looking to work."

Pervaiz was sentenced to do 120 hours unpaid work in the community, to be completed by July 26 2018.

He was also told to pay £250 towards prosecution costs which must be done in the next six months.