A SOUTHAMPTON woman repeatedly stabbed a door with a knife after her partner locked himself on the other side.

Hazel Roberts also grabbed her former boyfriend by the throat and scratched his cars following the break-up of their year-long relationship.

Southampton Crown Court heard how one of the incidents took place when the couple were still together, in October last year.

During an argument, the 20-year-old grabbed a knife and began using it against a door to a room her boyfriend was in.

Prosecutor Robert Griffiths said: “She had a knife at the door. She began stabbing at the door with the knife.

“He (the victim) could hear her screaming, because she had cut herself.”

Mr Griffiths said the second incident took place in December, after the relationship had ended.

The court heard how Roberts had turned up outside the home of her ex-partner, to ask why he had broken up with her.

Mr Griffiths said: “He asked her to leave but she said she would kick the door down.

“They began talking through the letter box. This went on for about 30 minutes.”

The court heard Roberts and her victim began talking face-to-face when she “grabbed him around the throat”.

As she left, Roberts left a scratch in each of the victim’s two cars.

In mitigation, Tom Wilkins said Roberts had grown up in Scotland, in a home where violence was a “regular” occurrence.

He added that since moving to Southampton, Roberts had not had a formal education.

Roberts appeared at Southampton Crown Court to be sentenced for two counts of assault and one of criminal damage, after pleading guilty to all three offences.

Judge Nicholas Rowland, who heard how the second set of offences took place while Roberts was on a suspended sentence, said he would defer sentencing until later this year.

Roberts, of Old Redbridge Road, Southampton, will be subject to the same conditions of her current suspended sentence order until her next appearance.

Judge Rowland said: “If you comply with your order and come back here on September 7, then the chances are you will not receive an immediate custodial sentence.

“If you don’t comply, you can be sure you will be sent to prison.

“The ball is now in your court.”