A MAN pushed his girlfriend into a bath and turned the tap on after she refused to give him money to buy drugs, a court was told.

James Taylor also banged Charlotte Jones’ head against the bath three times and battered her with an unsecured cabinet.

He later twice breached a non-molestation order made by a county court judge, said Paul Whitfield, prosecuting at Worcester Crown Court.

He also threatened Miss Jones’ father with a knife as he followed Taylor from the home his daughter had shared with the defendant in Calder Road, Ronkswood, Worcester.

Judge Toby Hooper QC said Taylor had put the victim through a “terrifying ordeal” and jailed him for 48 weeks.

Taylor, aged 25, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm, possession of a weapon, threatening behaviour and breaching a court order.

The defendant flew into a temper in April when Miss Jones, the mother of their two children, refused him cash for cannabis.

She suffered a cut knee and ear and a neck injury.

As Taylor left the scene he also threw a shower pole at her.

Miss Jones obtained the court order on Wednesday, April 22, but on Tuesday, May 19, Taylor phoned her to question the application.

He was arrested after a struggle with police but broke the order again while on bail, said Mr Whitfield.

He went to the door of the property, asking for photographs of their children.

She shut the door on him but her father began talking to Taylor in the porch.

When Taylor heard a police siren, he walked away but brandished the knife three times at Miss Jones’ father.

Taylor, now of Hurcott Road, Kidderminster, had a record of 72 previous offences including robbery, violence, dishonesty and possession of a weapon.

Adam Western, defending, said that while on remand in custody he had detoxified his body of drugs.

He acknowledged the upset he had caused his girlfriend but accepted that the three-year relationship was now over.