Thug attacked his girlfriend at her work after seeing pictures of her online with another man

A JEALOUS ex-con is back behind bars after going ''pyscho'' at his glamorous girlfriend when he saw photos of her with another man.

Kevin Yates, 23, went berserk at 24-year old Jade Watson when he found the photos after he came out of jail.

He sent text messages to Miss Watson threatening to give her black eyes, adding: "I'm going to hurt you. I don't care how much you scream. I'm going to terrorise this town. I'm going to go psycho."

Then, just two days after his release following a three-year sentence for burglary, Yates, from Burnley, Lancashire, kicked a door into the face of Miss Watson, took her phone off her to check through her contact numbers, banned her from wearing skimpy clothing and forbade her from seeing her friends.

A week later, he turned up at the taxi office where she worked as a cab controller, and pushed her in the chest, knocking her to the floor. He also punched her right arm, leaving a bruise and put a brick through a window whilst shouting threats at Miss Watson and an elderly neighbour.

At Burnley Magistrates' Court Yates was jailed for 12 weeks after he admitted criminal damage, sending an electronic communication conveying a threat, using threatening behaviour and three counts of assault by beating.

He was also banned from contacting Miss Watson under the terms of a two-year restraining order.

The court heard the couple started dating in November 2015 after Yates was awarded early parole, but the relationship deteriorated when he was recalled to jail the following month for breaching the terms of licence.

He was released in October but became paranoid Miss Watson had been speaking to other men.

In mitigation, defence lawyer Ben Leech said his client had been visited regularly in custody by Miss Watson and added: "He maintains this relationship was going on right up until his release.

''When he came out of prison, he intended to set up home with Miss Watson, but unfortunately they argued.

"The defendant saw photos of her with another male and that's why he lost his temper and punched her arm. He didn't intend to cause Miss Watson injury when the door hit her nose. He says it's probably better if there is a line drawn under this relationship."

Yates has a lengthy criminal career dating back to his teens.

In 2007, aged 15, he was issued with an ASBO and dubbed a ''teen terror' after he and a friend terrorised local residents, illegally rode motorcycles through the streets and set their dogs on cats and children.

In one instance a cat was killed following an attack by one of the pair's dogs and Yates got a warning by police for throwing dead animals into a neighbour's garden. He had also been reported for throwing beer cans and threatening women.

In 2013, Yates was locked away for three years and four months for attempted aggravated burglary after being part of an armed gang who tried to break into a house where they mistakenly believed cannabis was being grown.

The 62-year old victim was woken in the early hours to find broken windows and men with baseball bats thumping on his front door. He picked up a screwdriver to defend himself but one of the men managed to shove a baseball bat through the gap in the door before all three left.

At the time his lawyer said Yates suffered from Asperger's syndrome and would commit offences when in the company of others, saying the raid was an ''amateur, drunken and bungled attempted burglary.''