A MAN has been jailed after horrifically assaulting his former girlfriend and racially abusing her housemate.

Bolton Crown Court heard on Friday how Liam Redfern, 33 of Albert Road, Heaton was foaming at the mouth as he launched a drunken attack on his then girlfriend when they returned to her house after visiting a friend on Thursday December 30.

Redfern then aimed "disgusting" racial abuse at her housemate before strangling his girlfriend, smashing beer bottles and then, after being made to leave, forcing his way back into the house to attack her again.

In a victim' statement, the victim said: "He was so angry, it was like he was possessed.

She added: "I genuinely feared he was going to kill me.

"I've never seen anyone so angry as Liam was today, he was that angry I thought he was capable of anything."

Prosecutor Daniel Calder told the court how Redfern had become aggressive after argument with his then-girlfriend and that he then turned on her housemate.

A victim statement the housemate said: "It disgusts me that Liam called me this and thought he could get away with it.

"It saddens me that people still call people things like this based on their race."

Redfern then put his arms around his victim's neck and threw glass bottles on the floor which she cut her foot on.

After being locked out of the house, he then forced his way in again and once more tried to strangle his partner until the police arrived.

Redfern caused a total of around £500 worth of damage.

Defending, Mark Friend said that Redfern's actions were spontaneous, that race was not the key "aggravating factor" behind his crime.

He also said that Redfern recognised he needed to give up alcohol.

Addressing Redfern on his racist remarks, judge Thomas Gilbart said: "It was an utterly disgraceful thing to call someone, a racist term and your choice to call him that reveals your bigotry."

He sentenced Redfern to 22 months in prison and imposed a restraining order preventing him from contacting his former girlfriend for five year.