A thug punched his ex partner on the chin and threw a wax melt holder at her after turning up at her home shouting abuse.

Davinder Nagra went to the woman’s address in Gillingham on February 28 last year, after they had separated following a six-year relationship, and started shouting.

The 40-year-old then managed to get into her home and once inside he threw the wax melt holder at her before punching her on the chin.

A court heard, Nagra, of Constitution Road, Chatham, was arrested and charged with assault by beating, but had denied the allegation when he appeared in court in October last year.

He stood trial over the matter on January 10 this year and was found guilty of the offence and he returned to Maidstone Crown Court on March 4 to be sentenced.

The court also heard Nagra had breached a non-molestation order and had in fact breached it on three occasions, which had led him to being remanded in custody prior to his sentencing. The court heard he had admitted all three breaches at an earlier hearing.

Richard Lamb, prosecuting, said: “He turned up at her address shouting abuse. The woman told him to stop and she called the police.

“He then grabbed a wax melt holder and threw it at her and then punched her on the chin on the stairs and then the police arrived.

“He has 17 convictions for 12 offences and there is a community order in place until March this year, it was for battery in November last year.

Jagmohan Takk, defending, told the court that before the November conviction Nagra had not been in court for some years.

Mr Takk added: “He is capable of keeping himself out of trouble, before last year it was 2017 he was last in court, that some six years or so, then there is these set of offences.

“He lost his father to suicide at the age of five and that has resulted in him having some issues.

“He says his partner came towards him and he pushed her away, he denies punching her, but was found guilty at trial.

“He has accommodation in Chatham and works in the building industry.”

The court also heard from a probation officer who said Nagra had only completed one hour of his 180-hour unpaid work requirement for the community order he was on. A letter had been sent to him about non-compliance, but as yet, had not been breached over matter.

Magistrates told Nagra the non-molestation breaches had occurred while he was on the community order which showed a disregard for court orders and for that reason his new offences passed the custody threshold, but they were prepared to suspend the term.

They decided to jail Nagra for 180 days for the offences but suspended the term for 12 months and ordered him to carry out 30 rehabilitation sessions with probation.

He was also ordered to wear a GPS tag for a year and was banned from going near the woman or her home for two years via a restraining order. He was also ordered to pay the victim £100 compensation.