Ian Baird, of Tullichewan, was banned from entering the home or having contact with his partner after being released on bail.

But after the pair got into an argument after a mutual friend’s wedding, the 30-year-old left the party early and waited in the victim’s bedroom for her to come home.

The argument then continued before Baird repeatedly punching and kicking his victim on her head and body.

Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard last week how Baird, appearing from custody, who owns his own window cleaning business, could not remember the attack after downing a cocktail of booze and diazepam.

WEDDING Isobel Martin, prosecuting, told the court: “The pair were at a party at a friend’s house after the wedding and then fell out. She left and so did he.

“He got in a taxi and got to her house before her, went into her bedroom and waited. When she got home, she went up to her bedroom and found him there and the argument resumed.” Ms Martin told how the argument quickly became heated and woke up four children that were in the house. It was then that Baird assaulted his victim.

“He began to kick and punch her on the face and head,” Ms Martin told the court. “That continued downstairs in the lounge and dining room.” The couple’s nine-year-old daughter was woken by the noise and called police who could hear shouting and screaming in the background.

Baird’s battered and bruised victim also called police.

Baird struggled to make his way from the house, which was locked, but eventually managed to get out, just as police arrived. He was detained and arrested.

Brian McGuire, defending, told the court his client had just two convictions since he was 17, having kept out of trouble after a turbulent child record. He told how Baird had worked away as a chef, but left the profession because of the unsociable hours.

He continued: “He got into a situation and found himself on bail in March this year. He had followed the bail conditions but was due to got to the wedding. They decided to attend at different parts of the occasion, but both ended up at the reception.

“He took drink, far too much, and took diazepam too. There’s no recollection of these events after taking these. He should have gone to his own home that night.” Mr McGuire said his client had been in custody for 42 days, the first time he had ever found himself there. He added Baird was concerned for the well-being of his victim, his children, and his business.

SERIOUS Acknowledging the “seriousness” of the attack, Mr McGuire asked for his client not to be remanded in jail, but to be subject to a community payback order.

Mr McGuire said his client found himself in a “very difficult” situation and that his business hung in the balance of this decision.

Sentencing, Sheriff Colin MacKay said: “This is an extremely serious matter. You were so out of control you didn’t know what you were doing. It was in her own home, in her bedroom.

“You were there before her, waiting for her.

“This is no minor assault, it’s aggravated because of your bail. I accept that your record is one of some age, but the last two convictions are both aggravated because of the domestic situation they occurred.

“I recognise that you have worked hard to get a business going and keep that, but I cannot see that there’s any way appropriate to deal with this other than by a custodial sentence.” Baird was sentenced to two months, reduced, for breaking his bail condition and nine months, reduced, for the assault.

Sheriff MacKay said these are to run consecutively, meaning he will serve nine months in jail backdated to May 27.