A WOMAN came downstairs to find her violent ex partner stood in her kitchen holding a shard of glass.

Burnley Crown Court heard how alcohol and cocaine-fuelled Kelvin Ashley Parkinson had smashed his way into the Darwen home of Charlie Brooks using a concrete slab and breeching a non-molestation order in the process.

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Parkinson, 29, was 'acting like a wild man' during the incident at around 8am on February 5, Prosecutor Claire Larton said.

Ms Larton also told the court how Parkinson, of Wellington Street in Accrington, had been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence in April 2015 for a previous domestic violence incident towards the same victim. That was later extended by a further six months.

As part of that sentence Parkinson was ordered to attend the Better Relationship Building Programme but had failed to do so on three separate occasions and was even asked to leave after becoming abusive towards staff.

Ms Larton said his relationship had 'completely broken down' with the probation service and had come to a head when he sent an abusive text to one officer.

During the incident in February the court was told how Ms Brooks had been in bed when she heard a knocking at the door.

Ms Larton said: "A few minutes later she heard a loud smashing from the downstairs of her property. She rang 999.

"She suspected it had been the defendant because she had been warned by social services that he had become aware of her address.

"She went downstairs and found him standing in her kitchen. The defendant had picked up a concrete slab and used it to smash the double-glazed window in the kitchen.

"He was holding a shard of glass and acting like a wild man. He was clearly under the influence of drink and drugs.

"There was a further call to the police. The victim was hysterical. She was saying to the police 'he's going to kill me if you don't get here soon'."

In a victim impact statement Ms Brooks said she had had issues with social services because of Parkinson's behaviour and 'just wants a peaceful life' away from him.

Parkinson admitted to breaching a non-molestation order and using violence to gain entry into a premises.

Defence barrister Darren Lee-Smith said: "He accepts full responsibility for his actions and there was no physical violence towards the complainant.

"The route causes of these offences are the detachment of his thinking skills when he takes drink and drugs."

Sentencing Parkinson to 17 months behind bars, Recorder Mark Ainsworth, said: "There was no actual violence used but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a very distressing incident."

An indefinite restraining order was also imposed.