THUG Dennis Gubbins left his long-time girlfriend with a smashed nose and fractured cheekbone just hours after release from prison for previous assaults on her.

Jacqueline Harrison will need surgery to realign her nose once her bruises have gone.

But yesterday she vowed to stand by Gubbins as she embraced and kissed the 41-year-old when he was brought up from the cells at Droitwich Magistrates Court.

He admitted three assaults on Miss Harrison, including actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm, two of them earlier this year.

On the last occasion, Friday, June 8, Gubbins had returned to his home in Farrington Place, Norton, near Worcester after being released from prison.

Meeting Miss Harrison, the pair entered Gubbins' flat and a row began over a man with whom Harrison had got off a bus minutes before.

"This resulted in Mr Gubbins slapping her in the face, punching her three times in the face, and head-butting her to the nose," said Miss Gunter.

Miss Gunter said Miss Harrison didn't want Gubbins prosecuted, but said it was "not in the public interest to have men assaulting women in this way.

"Police say he showed little or no remorse over the incident, saying she got what she deserved," added Miss Gunter.

Iain Willis, defending, claimed Gubbins had shown remorse for what he had done - including attacks in which he poured cider over Miss Harrison and hurled an ashtray at a television at his flat.

While in prison, Gubbins had decided to end the relationship but allowed Miss Harrison to live at his flat temporarily after she was made homeless.

Upon release, he did not expect to see her in Norton and the latest assault flared up when he saw her getting off a bus with another man.

"They've spent some time today embracing through the glass partition in the dock. It's clear they're in a relationship that isn't going to come to an end," said Mr Willis.

Magistrates committed Gubbins to Worcester Crown Court for sentencing and remanded him in custody until Friday, July 20.

After the hearing, 37-year-old mother-of-six Harrison said: "I love him, he's my life. When he's in prison, I just exist. I've done things to him that are just as bad. It's when we start drinking these things happen."