AN angry husband drove his car at his wife's former lover, a jury was told.

Kelvin Conway had ended a relationship with married Melanie Kerton whom he met at a nightclub in the city.

But he claimed that when he went round to her flat in Broxash Drive, Hereford, to chat because they remained friends, her husband began driving his VW Golf erratically in a car park outside.

Mr Conway told Worcester Crown Court that Robert Kerton drove at him when he went to investigate.

He alleged that the VW clipped his knees and his arm hit the windscreen as he fell over. But he only suffered minor injuries.

Kerton, aged 35, of Lowerfield Meadow, Kingstone, near Hereford, denies dangerous driving.

He insisted to police that he had not driven his car that night but walked round to his wife's flat. He accused Kerton and another man - armed with an iron bar - of chasing him away, said prosecutor Tariq Shakoor.

The defendant also claimed a friend borrowed his car to drive to a garage for cigarettes.

Mr Conway gave evidence that Kerton was unhappy over his affair with his wife and had made threats to attack his car.

But on November 4 last year, after receiving a text message that their relationship was over, he called at Mrs Kerton's flat.

Mr Conway went on: "A car came screaming into the car park with its wheels spinning."

He went out but the VW reversed and Kerton hung out of the driver's window shouting abuse.

Mr Conway and neighbour Kevin Buchan met up in the street and Mr Buchan went to talk to the defendant.

Mr Conway claimed the car was first driven at Mr Buchan who jumped out of the way - and then swerved towards him before it left Broxash Drive.

Mr Conway said: "I jumped back out of the way and the car clipped both my kneecaps. As I fell over, I hit my arm on the windscreen strut."

Nicolas Cartwright, defending, alleged that Mr Conway began a fight with Kerton outside a club and made threats to kill him.

He accused Mr Conway of trying to get back with the defendant's wife and claimed he had invented the car incident "to get rid" of Kerton and pave the way for a reconciliation.

The trial continues.