A MAN who grabbed his girlfriend around the throat and threw beer glasses at a landlady has been sent to jail for five months.

District judge Bruce Morgan told Worcester Magistrates Court that Wayne Hale had committed serious offences and would have to serve time behind bars.

Hale, aged 21, of Orchard Close, Pershore, admitted three counts of assault by battery, one count of criminal damage and another of using words and behaviour likely to harass, alarm or distress.

Dale Sheeham, prosecuting, said Hale had been with his girlfriend Wendy Potnall for a year-and-a-half and on Saturday, May 12, he had met her at the train station before going to the Millers Arms in Pershore.

Mr Sheeham said: "She was aware that he had been drinking, in her words, homemade rough cider. She said this cider began to have an effect and he became more abusive."

He said they later began to argue about money she said he owed her, and they left the pub where he assaulted her by grabbing her around the throat, causing her to lose her breath.

She then returned to the pub so she could pick up some personal items and she saw Hale had also returned and told her he was going to kill her.

Mr Sheeham said by this point Hale was heavily intoxicated and his girlfriend called the police.

The pub landlady asked Hale to leave, which he did, but he wanted to take two pints of cider with him - and when he was asked to leave them inside, he threw them at her.

"The first pint hit her and the second smashed behind her," he said.

Hale then punched the door and damaged it.

He later admitted to police that he was on medication which should not be mixed with alcohol.

Representing Hale, David Taylor said he admitted smashing the glass but not throwing them at the landlady. He also said his girlfriend has gone to visit him in prison because of breach of bail.

He said he had little memory of the night.

A letter from his doctor also confirmed that Hale suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is significant in how he behaves.

Mr Morgan said he would be giving Hale credit for pleading guilty at an early opportunity.

But he added: "These offences are so serious that I have to impose a custodial sentence.

"One of the assaults was to a member of the public, while she was working."

For the first count of battery, he sentenced him to two months, and for the second count, another month.

For the third count he was sentenced to another two months - a total of five months.