A BACKGROUND report is to be prepared about a Penrith woman who has admitted an assault by beating on her partner.

Rachel Burton, 26, committed the offence  on February 27 when she returned home drunk after an evening out and became augmentative and aggressive towards her partner, Carlisle’s Rickergate Magistrates Court was told.

The defendant, of Milton Street, Penrith, admitted the assault. 

Prosecutor  Pamela Fee said that Burton had initially walked into the kitchen, where she “cornered” her partner, who was video recording what happened.

The footage showed how Burton called him names as he asked her to give him space, and she ultimately allowed him to leave and go to the bathroom. While he was in that room, she demanded he come out.

Burton was being verbally abusive through the door, said Miss Fee.

The man did eventually emerge from the bathroom and go to the bedroom, where Burton slapped him across the shoulders and on the top of his head, hitting him about ten times, said Miss Fee.

As he sat on the bed, she continued to argue with him as he recorded what was happening. She then grabbed his hand, twisting his fingers to the point where he feared they would break, continued the prosecutor.

"This continued for 15 seconds and you can clearly hear him shouting out in pain, asking her to stop, and she refuses to do so," said Miss Fee. 

“The matter was reported to the police. When the police officers arrived they found that the defendant had left the property; she was crying and very emotional and clearly very intoxicated.”

Andrew Gurney, defending, said there was a “substantial history” underlying the offence and the defendant had lots of issues because she herself had experienced violence, though details were not outlined in court.

The court heard that Burton, who gave a no-comment interview to the police, had no previous convictions and had been a woman of good character.

Magistrates adjourned sentencing until September 29, ordering that a pre-sentence report should be prepared by the Probation Serivce. The defendant was granted bail until that day.

Burton originally denied wrongdoing but changed her plea to guilty on the day she was due to face a magistrates' court trial.