A Pembroke man who assaulted his partner, grabbing her by the throat and biting her in what has been described as a ‘dreaful incident’ was jailed this week.

Forty-year-old Robert Jamie Day, of The Green, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court for sentencing on Wednesday after admitting the offence on Monday November 18.

Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that the defendant and the complainant had been in a 17-month relationship and they had been living together for eight months.

The defendant took her to the Belle Vue pub in Haverfordwest for a work do on November 17, the day of the offence.

Mr. Day kept in contact with the complainant and he picked her up at 10.40 pm and the couple went back to their home in Haverfordwest with no issues.

Mr. Pritchard-Jones told magistrates that once they’d got home the defendant brought up who his partner had been talking to that night, and she just ignored what Mr. Day was saying thinking he was being stupid.

Mr. Day then went into her room where he started saying ‘you love the attention don’t you’ as well as using foul language towards her, before he grabbed her and threw her to the floor.

The defendant who had a previous conviction for harassment in 2005 the court heard, then bit the complainant, after grabbing her by the throat.

Magistrates were told that the complainant was so upset by the situation she told the defendant ‘we’re done, get your stuff and go.’

Mr. Pritchard-Jones explained that that one of the daughter’s had a friend staying round for a sleepover, and the two girls heard what was happening in the bedroom and were both crying.

In her witness statement, the friend of the daughter said: “We were talking in the bedroom, and we heard a massive crash like glass breaking.”

Magistrates were also shown photos of the injuries the complainant sustained from the assault.

Mr. Pritchard-Jones then accused Mr. Day of attempting to mislead the court, after he had claimed that a third party had told him that the complainant no longer wished to have a restraining order against him, when that wasn’t the case.

“This shows the defendant is misleading the court,” argued, Mr. Pritchard-Jones.

Defence solicitor Mike Kelleher told the court that this was a ‘dreadful incident’ and that his client was appalled by what had happened.

He said the defendant was worried about the two girls who heard what had happened and how they felt about it.

Mr. Kelleher said that Mr. Day was taking medication for an injury that was sustained from broken glass when he was working, and as a result, he had not been able to work since.

He explained that the defendant had drynk alcohol when he got home and mixed it with his medication, which may have been a contributing factor in the incident, but the he added that his client took full responsibility for the matter.

Mr. Kelleher stated that Mr. Day was very upset that he had betrayed the trust which had been given to him.

Probation officer Mark Brosnan told the court that the defendant said that he did not recall biting the complainant or grabbing her by the throat, but was extremely sorry.

On sentencing Mr. Day, the chairman of the bench said: “There were many aggravating features and the offence is so serious that custody is justified.”

Mr. Day was jailed for 10 weeks and was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 along with a victim surcharge of £122.

He was also told to pay £100 compensation to the complainant.

Magistrates also handed Mr. Day a three-year restraining order.