A 37-YEAR-OLD man with a record for assaulting women has been jailed for 15 months after his latest victim suffered a cut head and a fractured arm following a party.

The complainant and others had been trying to stop drunken Daniel Atkinson from driving another partygoer home in the early hours.

But he became aggressive towards them during an argument in the street.

Prosecutor Ken Green told Bradford Crown Court yesterday that Atkinson used both his hands to push the woman backwards and when she fell she struck her head on the ground.

Atkinson drove off after incident and the woman was later treated in hospital for a cut to the back of her head.

Mr Green said the complainant had also suffered an injury to her shoulder.

It was later found that she had suffered a fracture to her upper arm, the court heard.

In a victim impact statement she described being unable to drive for two months.

The court heard that she also had to undergo physiotherapy on her shoulder.

Mr Green said the injury meant she had to cancel a holiday that she had been due to go on.

She had still not regained full mobility in her arm at the time she made her statement in January.

Atkinson, of Hillcrest Road, Queensbury, was found guilty of the assault charge following a trial in the magistrates court.

Following conviction, his case was committed to the crown court for sentence.

Mr Green explained that, at the time when the assault took place in July 2018, Atkinson was already subject to a community order for a previous incident of violence in strikingly similar circumstances.

The court heard that the previous incident involved Atkinson assaulting his sister and his partner as they tried to stop him driving off in a vehicle while drunk.

Barrister Eddison Flint, for Atkinson, highlighted the fact that there had been a 13-month delay in the case.

And he pointed out that his client had not been in any further trouble.

Mr Flint said his client hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol for the last six months.

The court was told he was determined to address his problems with anger and drink.

He submitted that there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation in Atkinson’s case.

However, Recorder Andrew Dallas said the offending was too serious to suspend the prison sentence.

The judge described Atkinson’s previous offending against six different women as a very concerning pattern of behaviour.

Referring to the incidents involving women trying to stop him using a car while drunk, the judge said the similarity of the facts was striking and concerning.

“It seems you have completely failed to learn any lessons from the court process that arose from that (previous case) and previous convictions,” the judge told Atkinson.