A VIOLENT Clitheroe barber left his ex-partner temporarily deaf and ‘scared to death’ after a bottle attack at her home, a court heard.

‘Jealous’ Michael Dalby, 35, had flung the two litre lemonade container towards Emma Taylor, considered a ‘high risk’ victim by police, during a row.

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It bounced off a wall and hit her head, causing loss of hearing in her right ear for two weeks.

Pennine Magistrates Court were told how Dalby, who has a record for violence, was said by the victim to have been very manipulative when they were together, banning her from working and allowing her only to see her nan.

Ms Taylor said she had stopped going out and socialising with her friends completely because she would be in trouble with the defendant and alleged he had kept her isolated by refusing to allow her to have employment.

She had, she said, turned down jobs because of his jealously.

Ms Taylor said she believed Dalby had ‘psychopathic tendencies’ and claimed he had stabbed and cut himself.

She added: “The sight of blood calms him down.”

The hearing was told the victim was left so terrified after the bottle incident, she was anxious about leaving home on her own and slept in the living room as she feared Dalby might return. She had installed security measures to keep him out.

Ms Taylor said: “I genuinely believe Michael has the capability to harm me and the house.”

The defendant, who rents a chair in a Clitheroe barber shop, admitted assault by beating.

Dalby, of Harewood Avenue, Simonstone, received 14 weeks in jail, suspended for a year, with one-to-one supervision and must attend the Lancashire Safer Relationships Specified Activity Requirement.

He was ordered to pay £250 compensation, £200 costs and an £80 victim surcharge. District Judge James Clarke also imposed a two year restraining order, banning the defendant from contacting Ms Taylor and from going to Salthill Road, Clitheroe.Prosecutor Enza Geldard told the court Ms Taylor said Dalby had tried to get her family evicted and had told police she had stolen a phone.

The victim, who said she was ‘scared to death’ of the defendant, told officers: “I am trying to rebuild my life without Michael.”

Sara Lyle, defending Dalby said: “He has never, ever, turned up at that house in order to intimidate her. “ The assault was a ‘reckless act’ and Dalby accepted the relationship was over.