A mum-to-be has avoided going to prison after she broke into the home of a love rival, punched her in the face and smashed her front window with a childs scooter.
Elisha Bayman, 28, believed the other woman had been having an affair with her long term partner when she arrived outside her house in December 2022.
The other woman was in bed when she heard banging outside her house which was so loud she thought it was the police, Preston Crown Court heard.
She heard her front door swing back and saw Bayman standing at the bottom of her stairs with her dog.
Sarah MacGill, prosecuting, said: The defendant tried to get the dog to go upstairs and bite the complainant, but the dog was having none of that.
Instead Bayman went upstairs, grabbed the woman by her hair and punched her in the head, saying: Youve been sleeping with my man.
The womans 10-year-old daughter saw what was happening and started crying. Bayman said to the woman they could have a friendly chat downstairs.
The woman took her daughter back to her bedroom and called 999. Bayman left the house and threw a childs scooter at the front window, causing it to smash.
In a police statement, the victim said she suffered fear and distress following the intrusion and attack in her home.
She said she was scared Bayman would find out where she lived and next time it will be worse.
Defending, Francesca Persaud said Bayman had been going through an extremely difficult and traumatic time when her nine-year-relationship began disintegrating.
Ms Persaud said: Through anxiety and emotional turmoil she was going through she acted in an entirely inappropriate way.
She added Bayman had not received a formal education but had worked as a carer. She is now pregnant and her relationship with her ex partner is over.
Recorder Ayesha Siddiqi, sentencing, said: It doesnt matter what went on in terms of her and your partner having a relationship. You were not entitled to enter her house and you were not entitled to assault her.
This occurred in front of her child, in the middle of the night, in a place she was entitled to feel safe.
Bayman, of Waverley Gardens, Ribbleton, was handed a 12 month sentence suspended for 12 months with 25 days of rehabilitation activities.
She was also handed a restraining order and told to stay away from her victim.
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