A DAD-of-four left his ex-girlfriend with two broken ribs and a collapsed lung after pushing her which led to her falling down the stairs.

Shaun Byott had been out drinking before the nasty incident which happened in the victim’s house in Warrington.

As well as the serious body injuries, her face was left covered in blood and she suffered facial bruising and a wound to her ear.

Byott, 33, appeared via video link before Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, Tuesday, after pleading guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm and possessing cannabis.

Prosecuting, Christopher Hopkins said the violent offence took place in Latchford in the early hours of October 29 last year.

He said the night before, the victim had made a call to 999 from the pub to say that her ex-partner had been verbally abusive to her at the venue and said how she was worried it would ‘kick off’ when she went home. But she said she did not want the police to attend.

A few hours later, the victim called the emergency services again to report she had been assaulted in her home.

The court heard how after Byott returned home from the pub, the pair ‘had a struggle’ before he ‘unlawfully’ pushed her which led to her falling down the stairs - causing her nasty injuries.

Mr Hopkins said how it is believed that the incident took place in between the phone calls made to 999 and explained that it was ‘obvious’ that she had facial injuries as she was ‘covered in blood’ after the incident.

The victim was also left with two broken ribs and a collapsed and perforated lung.

Defending, Jim Smith said that the best mitigation for the defendant is that he pleaded guilty.

Mr Smith told Liverpool Crown Court how Byott has a number of mental health struggles and is sorry for the incident which led to the injuries.

He said the incident was an ‘impulsive, spontaneous and short-lived assault’.

Concluding, judge David Potter said Byott’s offending is aggravated as it took place in a domestic setting, the victim’s home. But he said the mitigation in the case is that it was a ‘push rather than a blow’.

Byott was handed a nine-month prison sentence.