North Notts man threatened partner with a knife
Brandon Williams locked the doors of his Doncaster Road home, in Langold, and began damaging property, on April 10.
He wielded a knife and shouted: "If you don't f*** off I will do it", said prosecutor Gurdial Singh, at Nottingham Crown Court, on Thursday.
"At that point she believed he was going to stab her."
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Hide AdWilliams threw down the knife and hit her on the thigh with a saucepan, which was bent by the force of the impact.
He picked up the knife and left the property, and was still in possession of it when police found him a short time later.
"He said he took the knife to harm himself and he was found with marks consistent with self-harm," said Mr Singh.
Williams told police he had acted in self-defence after he had been hit with a frying pan.
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Hide AdThe court heard the complainant had since retracted her statement and Williams had no previous convictions.
Judge Stuart Rafferty QC told him: "Sometimes people begin relationships far too soon. You're 19 years old for heavens' sake and you're already a father.
"With the benefit of hindsight it would have done you a lot of good to wait until you're in your mid-twenties, if not older.
"Sometimes childhood sweethearts succeed, sometimes they don't. You aren't helped, and haven't been helped, by doubts about yourself. You have to accept your relationship is over.
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Hide Ad"You are doing well, you're well thought of. If you would give yourself a chance, you have real prospects for the future.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down, because that's how life is. You take that onboard and I don't want to see you again."
Williams, 19, now of Oxford Road, Carlton-in-Lindrick, admitted battery and possession of a blade, on May 16.
On Thursday, June 13, he received a two year community order, with the building better relationships proogramme, and up to 25 rehabilitation days.
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