THREE Bromsgrove men who broke into a woman's home and left her with a broken arm after a baseball bat attack, have been jailed for a total of 17 years.

Charlotte Dyer was injured following a row with her ex-boyfriend, Robert Dickson, Worcester Crown Court heard.

The mother of two's screams were captured on tape by neighbours who had council recording equipment installed to monitor noise.

Dickson, aged 27, of Lyttelton Avenue, Bromsgrove, was jailed for six and half years, and Martin Butt, 33, of Talbot Road, Bromsgrove, was jailed for six years.

His 27-year-old brother Kevin Butt, of Edwin Crescent, Bromsgrove, was imprisoned for four and a half years.

Judge Michael Mott said: "This was a dreadful attack on a young woman in her own home."

He said it was Dickson's quarrel which sparked the violence and Martin Butt took along the weapon.

The judge said Kevin Butt played the least part but was a member of a group with a common cause.

A jury convicted the trio of aggravated burglary two months ago. Dickson and Martin Butt were also found guilty of common assault on Miss Dyer in a Bromsgrove pub shortly before the home attack.

Dickson was further convicted of perverting the course of justice. Prosecutor Nicolas Cartwright said he offered Miss Dyer £1,000 to stop her giving evidence at the trial. She rejected the pay-off.

Resentment simmered after Dickson, the father of Miss Dyer's children, found out that she had entertained other people at her home on a weekend the children were staying with her.

At the time, solicitors were trying to reach agreement over shared access to the children.

Dickson failed to pick them up after the weekend break, and she found him drinking with the brothers in the Sugarbrook pub where the row started.

Miss Dyer left after being kicked and punched and went to her home in Flavel Road, Bromsgrove, for a bath. The trio then kicked down her front door, Dickson punching her and Martin Butt wielding the bat.

Tariq Shakoor, for Dickson, said his partner after the split from Miss Dyer had died, and the tragedy left him suffering depression.

He had previous convictions but during his time with Miss Dyer had remained crime free.

James Dunstan, for the brothers, said they had been affected by the early deaths of both parents from illness.

Martin had turned to alcohol, a significant factor in a criminal record which began when he was 19.

Mr Dunstan said Kevin had been earning up to £700 a week in Belgium. He had helped bring the violence to an end by recognising that Miss Dyer had had enough.

The trio insisted they never went to her home. They claimed she had a grudge against other men - but got revenge on them instead after getting angry over the children.