A 39-year-old Birmingham man has been sentenced for assaulting his partner's father with a glass and placing him in a headlock, causing cuts to his head.
Birmingham Magistrates Court heard the incident occurred on August 11, 2025, following a verbal altercation between the defendant and his partner. The partner then called her father to the house.
Ms Mehnaz Mallik, prosecuting, told the court: "The defendant had an argument [with his partner]. The partner called her father."
She went on: "When the [the father] arrived he [the defendant] assaulted the partner's father by hitting him to the head with a glass and putting him in a headlock, causing cuts to his head."
Defence details the events
Defending, Mr Alum Zeb detailed the series of events which led to the incident. He told the court: "He [the defendant] was not well one evening. The couple has a verbal altercation."
Mr Zeb said the partner's father attended the house where his daughter was living, before he was assaulted. "The glass was not intentionally used," the defence lawyer said. "It hit his head. Things are thrown about. She [dad's partner] gets hit."
With the father came his girlfriend, who also experienced injury. The victim was 'hit by a plate' thrown by the defendant at the time of the incident.
Family man described as 'good father'
It was heard how the defendant is a "family man" and a "good father" to his own children, who were in the house at the time of the incident.
Mr Zeb said: "He would travel to the end of the world for his children. He is sorry for what has happened and he was quite emotional when we were consulting."
He added: "He said he could have dealt with things a lot differently if he could go back and do it again."
Sentence and additional orders
The defendant was sentenced on two counts of assaulting a person, causing them actual bodily harm. He received an 18-month community order, due to end in February 2028.
He was also handed 180 hours of unpaid work, 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £85 in court costs, compensation to both victims of £75 and a £114 victim surcharge.
In addition, a restraining order of 18 months was imposed regarding contact between the defendant and the victims. The defendant already had a non-molestation order in place prior to this sentencing.
