A ROW over a mattress has seen an Accrington man put behind bars since Boxing Day, a court heard.

Glynn Derek Threlfall, 27, turned up at the home of his ex-partner Paula Waghorn's in Barnes Street, demanding its return, Burnley Crown Court was told.

But Threlfall had been banned from turning up at her house as the result of a restraining order, said prosecutor Jack Troup.

Threlfall and his friend Robin Connolly, 24, both then of Henry Street, Church, were jailed for 19 and 20 months respectively after they broke the jaw of Miss Waghorn's friend Carl Cooper, during an incident .

Mr Troup said that on December 26 last year, Miss Waghorn receive a telephone call from one of her daughters, while she was out saying that Threlfall had turned up at the house,

He was clearly drunk, the court heard, and was demanding the return of a mattress which he was said to have left there previously.

Threlfall became aggressive, Mr Troup told the court, and the police were eventually called in.

Arrested and interviewed, the defendant would not reply to any questions but gave a pre-prepared statement, insisting the mattress was his.

The court heard his last conviction was in July last year, for an assault and criminal damage involving his current partner, for which he received a 12-month community order.

Brendan O'Leary, defending, said Mr Cooper had not been Miss Waghorn's boyfriend, at the time of the original attack, and there had been a "misunderstanding" at the time.

Threlfall suffered from bi-polar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, he told the court, and would act impulsively on occasion.

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Mr O'Leary said it was accepted he had turned up at the address, over the mattress, and had caused concern to one of her daughters.

But there was no direct contact with Miss Waghorn and she did not appear to be overly distressed over his attendance at the house, he added.

Threlfall, of Lina Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to breach of a restraining order and was jailed for eight weeks by Judge Andrew Woolman.

The defendant has been in custody since Boxing Day, so the sentence allowed for his effective immediate release.

Threlfall had originally also been charged with burglary and theft of the mattress over the incident, which he denied.

But this offence was dropped at an earlier court hearing after prosecutors offered no evidence.